Background
Kiyoka Shirane was born in 1896 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
清岡 白根
Kiyoka Shirane was born in 1896 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
In 1923 he entered Nihon Ginko (Bank of Japan) and served at its London Branch (from 1932) and Research Bureau (from 1936). Later became manager of Matsumoto and Kyoto branches, chief of Hakkenkyoku (Note Issuing Bureau) (1945), manager of Sapporo Branch and director of the bank (1946) and manager of Osaka Branch (1947). Resigned from Bank of Japan (1950) and then became president of Nihon Shoken Kinyu Kaisha (Nihon Securities Finance Company).