was a Japanese businessman,

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and the 10th Governor of the

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(BOJ).

Early life

Ichiki was born in

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Career

In 1922-1923, Ichiki was briefly Finance Minister in the cabinet of

Katō Tomosaburō Marshal-Admiral Viscount was a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy, cabinet minister, and Prime Minister of Japan from 1922 to 1923. Biography Born in Hiroshima, Aki Province (modern Hiroshima Prefecture) to a ''samurai'' family, Ka ...

. As head of the

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, he was cautious in response to unsettled financial situation. Ichiki was Governor of the Bank of Japan from September 5, 1923 through May 10, 1927.BOJ
List of Governors

Notes

References

* Metzler, Mark. (2006). ''Lever of Empire: the International Gold Standard and the Crisis of Liberalism in Prewar Japan.'' Berkeley: University of California Press.
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