Shigetada Morishita

Shigetada Morishita
森下 重格
Acting Mayor of Hiroshima
In office 7 August 1945 – 22 October 1945
Preceded by	Senkichi Awaya
Succeeded by	Shichirō Kihara
Personal details
Born	(1891-12-00)December 1891 Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Died	21 December 1956(1956-12-21) (aged 64–65)
Alma mater	Hosei University Tokyo School of Foreign Languages

Shigetada Morishita (森下 重格, Morishita Shigetada; December 1891 – 21 December 1956) was a Japanese politician who served as the Interim Mayor of Hiroshima from 7 August to 22 October 1945.

Work at Hiroshima municipality

Morishita served as vice mayor of Hiroshima under mayor Senkichi Awaya prior to the atomic destruction of his city, holding that position from September 1943 to August 1945. He was appointed acting mayor following the death of the previous mayor Senkichi Awaya in the atomic attack on Hiroshima. He remained acting mayor for a brief period, until Shichirō Kihara was nominated mayor of Hiroshima on 22 October 1945. Following Kihara's appointment as mayor, Morishita served as vice mayor until his resignation on 10 December after finding out he had leukemia.

Later career

After recuperating for two years in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, he was appointed deputy prosecutor at the Yokohama District Public Prosecutor's Office. In 1952, he resigned from his position due to cerebral arteriosclerosis and continued to recuperate, but he did not recover, and in December 1956, he developed pneumonia and died on 21 December.

Further reading

• City of Hiroshima, ed. (1971), 広島原爆戦災誌 (PDF) (in Japanese), vol. 3, City of Hiroshima, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012, retrieved 5 August 2011