Ichiki Kitokurō | |
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Born |
Kakegawa, Shizuoka, Japan |
May 7, 1867
Died | December 17, 1944 | (aged 77)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Cabinet Minister, Legal Scholar |
Baron Ichiki Kitokurō (一木 喜徳郎?, 7 May 1867 – 17 December 1944) was a statesman, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.
Ichiki was born is what is now Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, where his father, an entrepreneur and politician, was a student of the philosophies of Ninomiya Sontoku.
Ichiki graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University in 1887 and entered the Home Ministry the same year. In 1890, he was sent to Germany for further studies, returning to Japan in 1894. On his return, he became a professor of law at Tokyo Imperial University, and in 1906 became a member of the prestigious Imperial Academy. From September 1907 through August 1918, he was appointed to one of the seats in the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan which were reserved for the Imperial Academy.
From 1902 to 1906, Ichiki also served as Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau. He served again in the same capacity from 1912 to 1913. He first joined the Cabinet under the 2nd Ōkum administration in 1914 as Minister of Education. The following year, he was appointed Home Minister. In 1925, Ichiki became Imperial Household Minister.