Yamada Nobumichi
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山田 信道 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yamada Nobumichi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of the Board of Audit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 22 December 1898 – 11 March 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Noboru Watanabe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Utsumi Tadakatsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 8 November 1897 – 12 January 1898 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Matsukata Masayoshi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ōkuma Shigenobu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Itō Miyoji | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 December 1833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 March 1900 (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baron Yamada Nobumichi (山田 信道; 13 December 1833 – 11 March 1900) was a statesman in early Meiji period Japan.
Biography
Yamada was born in Kumamoto Domain, Higo Province (present-day Kumamoto Prefecture). He was active in the Sonnō jōi movement, relocated to Satsuma Domain during the Bakumatsu period. Captured by security forces of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1863, he was sentenced to five years in prison.
After the Meiji restoration, Yamada was recruited into the new Meiji government and was assigned as governor of the short-lived Esashi Prefecture (now part of Akita and Iwate Prefectures in 1871.
Although Yamada was sympathetic to the grievances of the ex-samurai class and personally acquainted with many of the leaders of the Shinpūren Rebellion in his native Kumamoto, he remained loyal to the Meiji government throughout the uprising. He was rewarded with the governorships of Tottori Prefecture (1881–1888), Fukushima Prefecture (1888–1891), Osaka Prefecture (1891–1895) and Kyoto Prefecture (1895–1897). On 5 June 1896, he was elevated to the rank of baron (danshaku) in the kazoku peerage system.
Yamada was selected Minister of Agriculture & Commerce in the second Matsukata Masayoshi cabinet from 1897-1898. He subsequently served as chairman of the Board of Audit to his death in 1900. His grave is at the Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.