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Masao Kishimoto

Japanese politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ17210446 ↗
Source-derived summary

Masao Kishimoto (Japanese: 岸本正雄) (19 October 1881 – 20 May 1963) was Director of the Karafuto Agency (17 December 1931 – 5 July 1932). He was Governor of Akita Prefecture (1922–1924), Yamagata Prefecture (1924), Okayama Prefecture (1927–1928) and Hiroshima Prefecture (1928–1929).

References

『新編日本の歴代知事』836頁。

『「現代物故者事典」総索引 : 昭和元年～平成23年 1 (政治・経済・社会篇)』408頁。

『日本官僚制総合事典：1868 - 2000』188頁。

『人事興信録』第8版、キ57頁。

『新編日本の歴代知事』174頁。

『新編日本の歴代知事』196頁。

『新編日本の歴代知事』811頁。

『日本官僚制総合事典：1868 - 2000』127頁。

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Masao Kishimoto” as japanese politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1881, 1963, 1931, 1932—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1881-10-01. The account is most persuasive where Masao, Kishimoto and Japanese can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as japanese politician. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17210446. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1881, 1963, 1931 and 1932.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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This entry incorporates text from “Masao Kishimoto” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.