Shibusawa Keizo

  • Born: 1896
  • Died: 1963
  • Japanese: 渋沢 敬三 (Shibusawa Keizô)

Shibusawa Keizô was a prominent businessman and financial official of the immediate postwar period.

A grandson of Shibusawa Eiichi, he inherited the title of shishaku (viscount). He served in the House of Councillors and simultaneously as Minister of Finance (Ôkura daijin) in 1945-1946. He also served for a time as the head of the Bank of Japan.

In 1934, he established a private collection known as Saigyodô bunko, today held by Kanagawa University.[1]

References

  1. Watanabe Miki 渡辺美季, "Ryûkyû Okinawa hontô torishirabesho shoshû Shurijô no zu ni tsuite" 「『琉球沖縄本島取調書』所収「首里城ノ図」について」, Tôkyô daigaku shiryôhensanjo fuzoku gazô shiryô kaiseki sentaa tsûshin 東京大学史料編纂所附属画像史料解析センター通信 90 (Oct 2020), p18.