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Yanosuke Iwasaki

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

Iwasaki Yanosuke (岩崎彌之助?, February 8, 1851—March 25, 1908) was a Japanese businessman, central banker and 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.

Iwasaki was born in Kōchi Prefecture. He was the brother of Iwasaki Yatarō, the founder of Mitsubishi.

He was educated at the Tokyo Imperial University and at the University of Pennsylvania in Phlladelphia.

In 1885, Iwasaki became the second president of Mitsubishi.

Iwasaki was Governor of the Bank of Japan from November 11, 1896—October 20, 1898.

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.

Iwasaki's son Koyata would become Mitsubishi's 4th president; and his second son Toshiya would found his own company, Asahi Glass.



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