Jirō Shirasu
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Jirō Shirasu (left) with Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida on the way to the Treaty of San Francisco (1951)
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| Native name | 白洲 次郎 |
| Born | 17 February 1902 Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
| Spouse(s) | Masako Shirasu |
| Children | Katsurako Makiyama |
Jirō Shirasu (白洲 次郎 Shirasu Jirō?, 17 February 1902 – 28 November 1985) was a Japanese bureaucrat and businessman.
Biography
He was born in Ashiya in Hyogo Prefecture and studied at Clare College, Cambridge.
During the Occupation he was a member of Shigeru Yoshida's government. He is particularly remembered in Japan for an incident in Christmas 1945 where he delivered a present from Hirohito, Emperor of Japan to General Douglas MacArthur. When MacArthur told him to place it on the floor, he demanded a table to show respect.[1] In 2009 he was the subject of an NHK drama.
His wife Masako Shirasu was a collector and expert of fine Japanese art, on which she published a number of books. Their house Buaisō became a museum.
References
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