Hamao Arata

Viscount
Hamao Arata
Viscount Hamao Arata
濱尾新
8th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
	In office; 30 March 1925 – 30 March 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Hirata Tosuke
Succeeded by	Makino Nobuaki
President of the Japanese Privy Council
	In office; 13 January 1924 – 25 September 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Kiyoura Keigo
Succeeded by	Hozumi Nobushige
Personal details
Born	12 May 1849; Toyooka, Tajima, Japan
Died	25 September 1925 (aged 76); Tokyo, Japan

Viscount Hamao Arata (濱尾新, 12 May 1849 – 25 September 1925) was a Japanese politician and educator of the Meiji period, originally hailing from Toyooka, Hyōgo. He was active in the Monbu-shō (present Monka-shō) and as the president of institutions such as Tokyo Imperial University.^[1] Hamao was also, very briefly, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan. He was ennobled as a baron on 23 September 1907 and advanced to viscount on 25 November 1921.

Family

Viscount Shirō Hamao (1896–1935) - A novelist and lawyer. Born Shirō Katō, he later became an adopted son of Arata, and succeeded to the viscountcy.^[2]
Minoru Hamao (1925–2006) - The second son of Shirō, and an instructor and the Chamberlain of then-Crown Prince Akihito (later the 125th Emperor of Japan).
Stephen Fumio Hamao (1930–2007) - The third son of Shirō, and a Catholic cardinal.

References

^ Société de langue française (Japon) (1893). Revue française du Japon (in French). Kōjimachi-ku, Tokyo. p. 159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ 日本人名大辞典+プラス:浜尾四郎 (Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese People Plus: Shirō Hamao) (in Japanese). Retrieved on 2012-3-14.

Preceded by Katō Hiroyuki	3th President of University of Tokyo 30 March 1893 – 12 November 1897	Succeeded by Toyama Masakazu
Preceded by Matsui Naokichi	8th President of University of Tokyo 14 December 1905 – 13 August 1912	Succeeded by Yamakawa Kenjirō
Preceded by Hachisuka Mochiaki	11th Minister of Education 1897–1898	Succeeded by Saionji Kinmochi
Preceded by Kiyoura Keigo	13th President of the Privy Council 13 January 1924 – 25 September 1925	Succeeded by Hozumi Nobushige
Preceded by Hirata Tosuke	8th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal 30 March 1925 – 30 March 1925	Succeeded by Makino Nobuaki

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[1] Société de langue française (Japon) (1893). Revue française du Japon (in French). Kōjimachi-ku, Tokyo. p. 159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[2] 日本人名大辞典+プラス:浜尾四郎 (Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese People Plus: Shirō Hamao) (in Japanese). Retrieved on 2012-3-14.

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