Shirane Sen'ichi
Japanese politician
Baron Shirane Sen'ichi (白根 専一; 3 February 1850 – 14 June 1898) was a Japanese politician and bureaucrat in the Meiji period. In 1907, he was raised to the rank and title of danshaku (baron) under the kazoku peerage system.
Early life and education
Shirane was born in Hagi as the younger son of a samurai in the service of Chōshū Domain. He was educated at the domain’s Meirinkan academy. After the Meiji restoration, in 1868 he travelled to Tokyo and entered the Keio Gijuku, the predecessor to Keio University. On graduation, he accepted a bureaucratic position in the Ministry of Justice, but changed to the Home Ministry shortly thereafter.
Political career
Shirane was appointed Governor of Ehime Prefecture in 1888, and Governor of Aichi Prefecture in 1889. After serving as Vice Minister of Home Affairs under Saigō Tsugumichi during the First Yamagata Cabinet. He continued in his post under Shinagawa Yajirō in the First Matsukata Cabinet (1891–1892). He assisted Shinagawa in using his authority as Home Minister to take police action to suppress opposition political party activities during the tumultuous Japanese 1892 election by accusing candidates of sedition, and intimidating candidates and voters.
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