The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1927
Number:	17-1
Nominee:
Name:	Viscount Shishaku Shibusawa Eiichi
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1840
Year, death:	1931
Profession/Category:	Politician, financier and industrialist. Founder of the first Japanese bank.
City:	Tokyo
Country:	JP (JAPAN)
Motivation:	Shibusawa was involved in almost every enterprise associated with Japanese industrial development. He worked to improve the relations between the USA and Japan concerning the legal status of Japanese workers in California. He retired in 1916 to devote himself to charity.
Nominators:
Names:	E. Wakasutsa Danshaku Shidehara Kijuro
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Prime Minister / Foreign Minister
City:	Tokyo
Country:	JP (JAPAN)
Evaluation:	No
Comment:	Wakasutsa and Shidehara nominated Shibusawa on behalf of several prominent persons.