Takeshi Nakano

A businessman and politician of the Meiji and Taisho periods. Born on January 3, 1845, as the son of a samurai of Takamatsu Domain. His name can also be read as "Takenaka." During his time as a junior secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, he became acquainted with Kono Togama, and during the political upheaval of 1881, he followed Okuma Shigenobu and went into the opposition with Kono, Ono Azusa, and others, and participated in the founding of the Constitutional Reform Party. From the first general election in 1890 (Meiji 23), he was elected to the House of Representatives eight times in a row, and in 1914 (Taisho 3), he became chairman of the Tokyo City Council and worked to clean up the city council. During this time, he served as chairman of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, president of Kansai Railway, and president of Nisshin Life Insurance, among others, and as the successor to Eiichi Shibusawa, he served as chairman of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce from 1905 to 1916, and contributed greatly to the business world, including being a central figure in the anti-business tax movement. He died on October 8, 1918.

[Nomaru Sato]

"Seventy Years of Nakano Takeei, edited by Sadayoshi Usuda (1934, Nakano Takeei Biography Compilation Society)" ▽ "Nakano Takeei and the Chamber of Commerce: Another History of Modern Japanese Politics and Economy, by Hiroaki Ishii (2004, Museum Books)"

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明治・大正期の実業家、政治家。弘化(こうか)5年1月3日、高松藩士の子として生まれる。名は「たけなか」とも読む。農商務省の権少(ごんのしょう)書記官時代、河野敏鎌(こうのとがま)の知遇を得、明治十四年の政変では大隈重信(おおくましげのぶ)に従って、河野、小野梓(あずさ)らとともに野に下り、立憲改進党の創立に参画した。1890年（明治23）の第1回総選挙より衆議院議員に連続8回当選し、また、1914年（大正3）には東京市会議長となり市会郭清に努めた。この間、東京株式取引所理事長、関西鉄道社長、日清(にっしん)生命社長などを歴任し、渋沢栄一(えいいち)の後継者として1905年より1916年まで東京商業会議所会頭となり、営業税反対運動の中心となるなど実業界に貢献した。大正7年10月8日没。

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『薄田貞敬編『中野武営翁の七十年』（1934・中野武営伝記編纂会）』▽『石井裕晶著『中野武営と商業会議所――もうひとつの近代日本政治経済史』（2004・ミュージアム図書）』

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