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Jirō Shirasu
白洲 次郎
Jirō Shirasu (left) with Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida on the way to the Treaty of San Francisco (1951)
Born(1902-02-17)17 February 1902
Died28 November 1985(1985-11-28) (aged 83)
SpouseMasako Shirasu
ChildrenKatsurako Makiyama

Jirō Shirasu (白洲 次郎, Shirasu Jirō, 17 February 1902 – 28 November 1985) was a Japanese bureaucrat and businessman.

Biography

He was born in Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture and studied at Clare College, Cambridge.

During the Occupation he was a member of Shigeru Yoshida's government. He is particularly remembered in Japan for an incident in Christmas 1945 where he delivered a present from Hirohito, Emperor of Japan to General Douglas MacArthur. When MacArthur told him to place it on the floor, he demanded a table to show respect.[1] In 2009 he was the subject of an NHK drama.

His wife Masako Shirasu was a collector and expert of fine Japanese art, on which she published a number of books. Their house Buaisō became a museum.

References

  1. ^ Corkill, Edan (6 March 2009). "Redefining defiance for a modern Japan - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.