Hamao Arata

Viscount
Hamao Arata
濱尾 新
8th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office
March 30, 1925 – March 30, 1925
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byHirata Tosuke
Succeeded byMakino Nobuaki
Personal details
BornMay 12, 1849
DiedSeptember 25, 1925

Viscount Hamao Arata (濱尾 新, May 12, 1849 – September 25, 1925) was a Japanese politician and educator of the Meiji period, originally hailing from Toyooka, Hyōgo. He was active in the Monbu-shō (present Monka-shō) and as the president of institutions such as Tokyo Imperial University.[1] Hamao was also, very briefly, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan. He was ennobled as a baron on 23 September 1907 and advanced to viscount on 25 November 1921.

  1. ^ Société de langue française (Japon) (1893). Revue française du Japon (in French). Kōjimachi-ku, Tokyo. p. 159.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)