Nomination Archive


Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
Year:1926
Number:23 - 1
 
Nominee:
Name:Viscount Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi
Gender:M
Year, Birth:1840
Year, Death:1931
Profession:Politician, financier and industrialist. Founder of the first Japanese bank.
City:Tokyo
Country:JAPAN (JP)
 
Motivation:Shibusawa was involved in almost every enterprise associated with Japanese industrial development. He worked to improve the relations between the USA and Japan concerning the legal status of Japanese workers in California. He retired in 1916 to devote himself to charity.
 
Nominator:
Name:Tasuku Harada
Gender:M
Profession:Professor of Japanese Language and History
University:University of Hawaii
Country:JAPAN (JP)
 
Comments: The nomination was supported A.L. Dean, President of the University of Hawaii.