Hamao Arata

Viscount Hamao Arata (濱尾 新, May 12, 1849 – September 25, 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.

Viscount
Hamao Arata
濱尾 新
8th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
March 30, 1925  March 30, 1925
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byHirata Tosuke
Succeeded byMakino Nobuaki

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

  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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