Enkichi Ōki
Enkichi Ōki | |
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大木 遠吉 | |
 Enkichi Ōki | |
| Minister of Railways | |
| In office 12 June 1922 – 2 September 1923 | |
| Prime Minister | Katō Tomosaburō |
| Preceded by | Motoda Hajime |
| Succeeded by | Yamanouchi Kazuji |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 15 May 1920 – 12 June 1922 | |
| Prime Minister | Hara Takashi Takahashi Korekiyo |
| Preceded by | Hara Takashi |
| Succeeded by | Okano Keijirō |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 10 July 1918 – 16 February 1926 | |
| In office 28 February 1908 – 9 July 1911 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1871 |
| Died | 14 February 1926 (aged 54) Kamigyō, Kyoto, Japan |
| Party | Rikken Seiyūkai |
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Count Enkichi Ōki (大木 遠吉, Ōki Enkichi; 19 September 1871 – 14 February 1926) was a Japanese statesman in the Taishō period.
Biography
Ōki was born in Tokyo. His father, Ōki Takatō was one of the leaders in the Meiji Restoration, and served in numerous cabinet posts in the early Meiji government. In 1899, Enkichi succeeded to his father’s title of count (hakushaku) under the kazoku peerage system. His political career began in 1908, when he was elected to the House of Peers. He initially supported the Kenkyūkai, but soon switched his allegiance to the Rikken Seiyūkai. He was appointed Justice Minister under the cabinet of Prime Minister Hara, a post which he also held under the succeeding Takahashi administration.[1] In 1923, he cooperated with Home Minister Tokonami Takejirō to introduce tightened anti-subversive legislature in response to increasing leftist agitation in the labor disputes, and the public emergence of the Japan Communist Party.[2] Ōki was subsequently Railroad Minister under the Katō and Kiyoura administrations.[3]
References
- Minichiello. Sharon. Japan's Competing Modernities: Issues in Culture and Democracy, 1900-1930. University of Hawaii Press, 1998 ISBN 0-8248-2080-0