Iwasaki Yanosuke 岩崎彌之助 | |
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4th Governor of the Bank of Japan | |
In office November 11, 1896 – October 20, 1898 | |
Monarch | Meiji |
Prime Minister | Matsukata Masayoshi Itō Hirobumi Ōkuma Shigenobu |
Preceded by | Kawada Koichiro |
Succeeded by | Yamamoto Tatsuo |
Personal details | |
Children | Koyata Iwasaki, Toshiya Iwasaki |
Baron Iwasaki Yanosuke (岩崎 彌之助, February 8, 1851 – March 25, 1908) was a Japanese banker, businessman, investor, and politician. He served as the 4th Governor of the Bank of Japan (BOJ). He was created a Baron in 1900; and he was a member of Japan's House of Peers.[1]
Iwasaki was born in Kōchi Prefecture.[2] He was the brother of Iwasaki Yatarō, the founder of Mitsubishi.[3]
He was educated at the Tokyo Imperial University and at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.[1]
In 1885, Iwasaki became the second president of Mitsubishi.[4]
Iwasaki was Governor of the Bank of Japan from November 11, 1896—October 20, 1898.[5]
In 1890, he was responsible for Mitsubishi's purchase of the land in most of the central business district in Tokyo when it was still covered with grass and bamboo.[6]
Iwasaki's son Koyata would become Mitsubishi's 4th president;[7] and his second son Toshiya would found his own company, Asahi Glass.[8]