Satoru Yamamoto
Grand Chamberlain of Japan
Satoru Yamamoto (山本悟, Yamamoto Satoru; 14 July 1925 – 17 December 2006) was a Japanese official who served as Grand Chamberlain to the Emperor from 1988 to 1996.
Yamamoto graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1948. He later served in the Ministry of Home Affairs. He was appointed Vice Grand Steward in the Imperial Household Agency in 1978. In 1988, he was appointed Grand Chamberlain. He was the last Grand Chamberlain to Emperor Hirohito and the first to Emperor Akihito. He retired due to poor health in 1996 and died in 2006.
His wife was the daughter of the politician Kingo Machimura.
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