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.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Hamao.

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.
  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.
Preceded by
Matsui Naokichi		 8th President of University of Tokyo
1905–1912		 Succeeded by
Yamakawa Kenjirō
Preceded by
Hachisuka Mochiaki		 11th Minister of Education
1897–1898		 Succeeded by
Saionji Kinmochi
Preceded by
Kiyoura Keigo		 13th President of the Privy Council
13 January 1924–25 September 1925		 Succeeded by
Hozumi Nobushige
Preceded by
Hirata Tosuke		 8th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
30 March 1925–30 March 1925		 Succeeded by
Makino Nobuaki


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