Genshin Takano

Genshin Takano
高野 源進
Superintendent General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
In office
11 October 1945 – 15 January 1946
Preceded byNobuyoshi Saka
Succeeded byShōhei Fujinuma
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
In office
10 June 1945 – 11 October 1945
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byIsei Otsuka
Succeeded byKodama Kyūichi
Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture
In office
7 January 1941 – 7 July 1942
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byMasamitsu Yasuoka
Succeeded byJitsuo Tago
Personal details
Born(1895-03-15)15 March 1895
Kitaaizu, Fukushima, Japan
Died4 January 1969(1969-01-04) (aged 73)
Resting placeTama Cemetery
Alma materTokyo Imperial University
OccupationPolitician, lawyer

Genshin Takano (高野 源進, Takano Genshin; 15 March 1895 – 4 January 1969) was a Japanese lawyer and Home Ministry and Police Bureau government official. He was born in Fukushima Prefecture. He was a graduate of the University of Tokyo. He was governor of Yamanashi Prefecture (1941–1942) and Hiroshima Prefecture from June 10 to October 11, 1945. Following the atomic attack on Hiroshima, Takano took part in the initial rescue work. On October 11, 1945, his term as governor of Hiroshima expired and he was appointed police officer, but was removed from that position in January 1946 by American occupation authorities due to the policy of purging public officials who served during World War II. Later, he worked as a private lawyer.

He died of pneumonia.

References

  • Robert Jungk, Children of the Ashes (1st English ed. 1961)
  • Yoshiteru Kosakai, A-Bomb: A City Tells its Story (Hiroshima 1972)
  • Yoshiteru Kosakai, Hiroshima Peace Reader (1st English ed. 1980)
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