Shin'ichi Sagami

Shin'ichi Sagami
佐上 信一
Sagami, before 1931
21st Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency
In office
2 October 1931 – 22 April 1936
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byHideo Ikeda
Succeeded byKiyoshi Ikeda
Governor of Kyoto Prefecture
In office
5 July 1929 – 2 October 1931
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byShigeyoshi Ōmihara
Succeeded byShinya Kurosaki
Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture
In office
17 May 1927 – 25 May 1928
MonarchHirohito
Preceded byKyūichi Hasegawa
Succeeded byKihachirō Itō
Governor of Okayama Prefecture
In office
16 September 1925 – 12 May 1927
MonarchsTaishō
Hirohito
Preceded byShigeyoshi Omihara
Succeeded byMasao Kishimoto
Personal details
Born(1882-12-19)19 December 1882
Saeki, Hiroshima, Japan
Died29 November 1943(1943-11-29) (aged 60)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Shin'ichi Sagami (佐上 信一, Sagami Shin'ichi; 19 December 1882 – 29 November 1943) was a Japanese Home Ministry bureaucrat who served as governor of Okayama Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, and Kyoto Prefecture, and as the 21st Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Sagami was born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1882.[4][5] Local historical material in Hokkaido states that he graduated from Tokyo Imperial University before entering the Home Ministry bureaucracy.[6]

Career

Before becoming a prefectural governor, Sagami served in the Home Ministry as a ministerial secretary and later as head of the Shrine Bureau.[7] Scholarship on modern shrine policy also identifies him as director of the Shrine Bureau in 1924–1925.[8]

He was appointed Governor of Okayama Prefecture on 16 September 1925 and left that office on 12 May 1927 when he transferred to Nagasaki.[9] He then served as Governor of Nagasaki Prefecture from 1927 to 1928, before becoming director of the Local Affairs Bureau in the Home Ministry.[10][11]

On 5 July 1929, Sagami became the 19th Governor of Kyoto Prefecture.[12] Kyoto Prefecture's official history credits him with administering what was described as a “model budget”, providing relief during the economic depression, and resolving the long-pending annexation of Fushimi and 26 surrounding towns and villages into Kyoto City.[13]

Sagami was appointed the 21st Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency on 2 October 1931 and remained in office until 22 April 1936.[14] Local histories describe his tenure as a difficult one, marked by major floods, poor harvests, and the 1934 Hakodate fire.[15][16] He was particularly associated with efforts to promote agricultural rationalization and dairying in eastern Hokkaidō; local accounts credit him with supporting the five-year conversion toward dairy farming in Nakashibetsu and with involvement in the foundation of the school that later became Rakuno Gakuen.[17][18]

Personal life

The 1934 Teikoku Jinji Taikan lists Sagami's mother as Michi Nakai and his wife as Hiro Watanabe, the daughter of Watanabe Bunjirō of Niigata Prefecture. The same source records that the couple had several children, including their heir Masahiro.[19]

Sagami died on 29 November 1943, aged 60.[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ "佐上 信一". 赤れんが庁舎 展示ガイド (in Japanese). Hokkaido Government. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "歴代の京都府知事". Kyoto Prefecture (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "付録1-2 明治元年後の歴代知事". Okayama Prefecture (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "佐上 信一". 赤れんが庁舎 展示ガイド (in Japanese). Hokkaido Government. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "佐上, 信一, 1882-1943". Web NDL Authorities (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "ふるさと奥尻通信 平成23年10月3日" (PDF). 奥尻町 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "歴代の京都府知事". Kyoto Prefecture (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "近代神社と宗教ナショナリズム". 南山宗教文化研究所研究所報 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "付録1-2 明治元年後の歴代知事". Okayama Prefecture (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "歴代の京都府知事". Kyoto Prefecture (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "ふるさと奥尻通信 平成23年10月3日" (PDF). 奥尻町 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  12. ↑ "資料詳細". 京都府立京都学・歴彩館 歴史資料アーカイブ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "歴代の京都府知事". Kyoto Prefecture (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "佐上 信一". 赤れんが庁舎 展示ガイド (in Japanese). Hokkaido Government. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "ふるさと奥尻通信 平成23年10月3日" (PDF). 奥尻町 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "まちの先生企画講座4「北海道の歴代長官」 第3回「戦後の知事」". 石狩市民カレッジ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "ふるさと奥尻通信 平成23年10月3日" (PDF). 奥尻町 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "創立八〇周年記念" (PDF). 学校法人酪農学園 (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  19. ↑ "帝国人事大鑑 昭和9年版 part3" (PDF). Wikimedia Commons / National Diet Library digitization (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  20. ↑ "資料詳細". 京都府立京都学・歴彩館 歴史資料アーカイブ (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  21. ↑ "佐上, 信一, 1882-1943". Web NDL Authorities (in Japanese). National Diet Library. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
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