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Also known as Osachi Hamaguchi

Japanese politician (1870-1931)

Person · Open Library

Born
1870
Died
1931
Works
7

Top works

  • 浜口雄幸集
  • Hamaguchi Osachi dai enzetsushū / Dai Nihon Yūbenkai hen
  • Hamaguchi Zōshō enzetsushū Osachi yūben
  • Hamaguchi Osachi-shi dairon benshū
  • Gendai meishi Hamaguchi Osachi-shi meienzetsushū

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Country
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Key facts

Monarch
Hirohito
Preceded by
Tanaka Giichi
Succeeded by
Wakatsuki Reijirō
Prime minister
Wakatsuki Reijirō
Constituency
Kōchi Counties (1919–1920), Kōchi 2nd (1920–1928), Kōchi 1st (1928–1931)
Born
( 1870-04-01 ) 1 April 1870, Nagaoka, Kōchi , Japan
Died
26 August 1931 (1931-08-26) (aged 61), Koishikawa , Tokyo , Japan
Cause of death
Gunshot wound
Resting place
Aoyama Cemetery
Party
Rikken Minseitō (1927–1931)
Other political affiliations
Rikken Dōshikai (1913–1916), Kenseikai (1916–1927)
Spouse
Natsu Hamaguchi ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1889 ) ​
Relatives
Yasumasa Narasaki (grandson-in-law)
Alma mater
Tokyo Imperial University

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Japan
Occupation
politician
Political party
Rikken Minseitō
Languages spoken
Japanese
Native language
Japanese
Image
Hamaguchi Osachi 1.jpg
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Commons category
Osachi Hamaguchi
date of birth
1870-05-01
date of death
1931-08-26
name in kana
はまぐち おさち
name in native language
濱口雄幸
place of burial
Aoyama Cemetery
art name
空谷
cause of death
actinomycosis
writing language
Japanese
manner of death
natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview

Adachi Kenzō, Osachi Hamaguchi, Toshio Shimada, Baron Kato, Kataoka Naoharu, and Ema Koigumi in 1916 Hamaguchi Osachi (Kyūjitai: 濱口 雄幸; Shinjitai: 浜口 雄幸, 1 April 1870 – 26 August 1931) was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1929 to 1931. Nicknamed the "Lion Prime Minister" (ライオン宰相, Raion Saishō) due to his dignified demeanor and mane-like hair, Hamaguchi served as leading member of the liberal Rikken Minseitō (Constitutional Democratic Party) during the "Taishō Democracy" of interwar Japan. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1915 until his death. He initially survived an assassination attempt by a right-wing extremist in 1930, but died about nine months later from a bacterial infection in his unhealed wounds.

Early life and career

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hamaguchi Osachi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.