Keizo Shibusawa

Viscount Keizō Shibusawa (渋沢 敬三, Shibusawa Keizō; August 25, 1896 – October 25, 1963) was a Japanese businessman, central banker, philanthropist and folklorist. He was the 16th governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ).

Viscount Keizō Shibusawa
渋沢 敬三
Minister of Finance of Japan
In office 9 October 1945 – 22 May 1946
Prime Minister	Kijūrō Shidehara
Preceded by	Juichi Tsushima
Succeeded by	Tanzan Ishibashi
16th Governor of the Bank of Japan
In office 18 March 1944 – 9 October 1945
Prime Minister	Hideki Tojo Kuniaki Koiso Kantaro Suzuki Naruhiko Higashikuni
Preceded by	Toyotarō Yūki
Succeeded by	Eikichi Araki
Personal details
Born	(1896-08-25)August 25, 1896 Tokyo, Japan
Died	October 25, 1963(1963-10-25) (aged 67)
Alma mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Early life

Shibusawa was born in Tokyo.^[1] He was the grandson of Shibusawa Eiichi.^[2]

Career

Shibusawa was governor of the Bank of Japan from March 18, 1944 – October 9, 1945.^[3] He left the bank to serve as Finance Minister in the brief post-war government of Kijūrō Shidehara in 1945–1946.^[4]

The dissolution of the Japanese zaibatsu was implemented during the period in which he was head of the Ministry of Finance.^[2]

Shibusawa was involved in the creation of the core collection of the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka.^[5]

See also

• Shibusawa Eiichi