Kazue Shōda

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Shōda".

Kazue Shōda (勝田 主計, Shōda Kazue, October 19 1869 – October 10 1948) was a Japanese statesman in the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Shōda was born in Matsuyama Domain, Iyo Province, as the 5th son of a poor samurai. The famous poet Masaoka Shiki and admiral Akiyama Saneyuki were his friends from childhood. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1895, and obtained a position at the Ministry of Finance. In 1915, he rose to the position of director of the Bank of Chosen. He was appointed Finance Minister under the Terauchi and Kiyoura administrations, and Education Minister under the Tanaka administration. In 1938, he was considered for the post of Home Minister under the 2nd Konoe administration, a somewhat surprising choice, given his age and lack of experience in the Home Ministry, and the nomination was rejected by Emperor Hirohito.

References

• Beasley. W.G. Japanese Imperialism 1894-1945. Oxford University Press (1991) ISBN 0198221681
• Metzler, Mark. Lever of Empire: The International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan. University of California Press (2006). ISBN 0520244206

Notes

Preceded by Terauchi Masatake	Finance Minister 1916 –1918	Succeeded by Korekiyo Takahashi
Preceded by Junnosuke Inoue	Finance Minister 1924 –1924	Succeeded by Osachi Hamaguchi
Preceded by Rentaro Mizuno	Education Minister 1924 –1924	Succeeded by Ichita Kobashi