Toyotaro Yuki

Banker and financier. Born in Akayu Town, Yamagata Prefecture (now Nanyo City). Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Tokyo Imperial University in 1903 (Meiji 36) and joined the Bank of Japan. After serving as branch manager in Kyoto and Nagoya, he became branch manager in Osaka in 1918 (Taisho 7), and in 1919 was appointed branch manager and director. During the reactionary depression following World War I, he demonstrated his talent in rescuing the Osaka financial world. In 1921, he became managing director of Yasuda Hozensha and vice president of Yasuda Bank, and in 1923 realised a large merger of 11 banks related to Yasuda. He also carried out the modernisation of the Yasuda zaibatsu. He was particularly credited with institutionalising the hiring of university graduates and working to absorb a large amount of human resources. However, he left Yasuda in 1929 (Showa 4). The following year, in 1930, he became president of the Industrial Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Bank, Mizuho Corporate Bank), and thereafter strengthened the bank's position through aggressive business lending. In 1937, he was appointed Minister of Finance in the Hayashi Senjuro Cabinet, and after the Cabinet resigned the same year, he became Governor of the Bank of Japan and played an active role as a central figure in wartime finance until 1944 (Showa 19).

[Yoichi Kobayakawa]

"Rinun Sensei and My Hometown" (1952), edited and published by the Society for the Preservation of the Statue of Toyotaro Yuki " ▽ "A Study of the Former Governors of the Bank of Japan, by Toshihiko Yoshino (1957, Diamond Inc.) " ▽ "The Yasuda Hozensha Company and Its Related Business History Editorial Committee, edited and published "The Yasuda Hozensha Company and Its Related Business History" (1974)" ▽ "Yuki Toyotaro, Governor of the Bank of Japan - His Life as Seen in Letters" by Yoshikazu Yagi (2007, Academic Press)

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銀行家、財政家。山形県赤湯町（現、南陽市）生まれ。1903年（明治36）東京帝国大学法科大学を卒業、日本銀行に入った。京都、名古屋各支店長を経て、1918年（大正7）大阪支店長となり翌1919年同支店長兼理事に就任、第一次世界大戦後の反動恐慌時、大阪財界の救済に敏腕を振るった。1921年安田保善社専務理事および安田銀行副頭取に就任し、1923年安田関係11銀行の大合同を実現させた。また安田財閥の近代化を断行した。とくに学卒者の採用を制度化し、大量の人材吸収に努めた功績は大きい。しかし1929年（昭和4）安田を去った。翌1930年日本興業銀行（現みずほ銀行、みずほコーポレート銀行）総裁となり、以後、積極的な事業貸付で同行の地位を強化した。1937年林銑十郎(せんじゅうろう)内閣の大蔵大臣に就任、同年同内閣総辞職後、日本銀行総裁となり1944年（昭和19）まで戦時金融の中核として活躍した。

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『結城豊太郎先生寿像保存会編・刊『臨雲先生と我が郷土』（1952）』▽『吉野俊彦著『歴代日本銀行総裁論』（1957・ダイヤモンド社）』▽『安田保善社とその関係事業史編修委員会編・刊『安田保善社とその関係事業史』（1974）』▽『八木慶和著『日本銀行総裁結城豊太郎――書簡にみるその半生』（2007・学術出版会）』

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