Kanji Ida (Japanese: 井田 完二, Ida Kanji[ Jinji Kōshinroku, 25th ed., vol. 1] p. I-17 (National Diet Library Digital Collections). Retrieved 22 January 2024.; 23 March 1897[ Taishū Jinjiroku, 14th ed., Kinki–Chūgoku–Shikoku–Kyūshū volume] p. Yamaguchi-2 (National Diet Library Digital Collections). Retrieved 22 August 2020. – 1988Kanji Ida, National Diet Library Authority Data Search Service.) was a Japanese Home Ministry bureaucrat. He held the court rank of Junior Sixth RankKanji Ida Digital Archive Fukui. Retrieved 10 December 2019. and later headed the Ida Patent Office.Kanji Ida, "The February 26 Incident and Me", pp. 194–210. He served as mayor of Hiroshima in 1934-1935.

Early life and education

Ida was born in Unpama Village, Onyū, Fukui Prefecture (now Obama, Fukui). He was the second son of Kenji Ida.[ Jinji Kōshinroku, 11th ed., vol. 1] p. I-8 (National Diet Library Digital Collections). Retrieved 10 December 2019.[ Nihon Shinshiroku, 52nd ed.] p. I-87 (National Diet Library Digital Collections). Retrieved 7 November 2023. His elder brother was Katsuhisa Ida (Kōji Ida), a director of Nihon Kajo Publishing.[ Jinji Kōshinroku, 14th ed., vol. 1] p. I-8 (National Diet Library Digital Collections). Retrieved 10 December 2019.[ Jinji Kōshinroku, 13th ed., vol. 1] pp. I-7–8 (National Diet Library Digital Collections). Retrieved 10 December 2019.

In 1922 he passed the Higher Civil Service Examination for the administrative service. In 1923 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Kyoto Imperial University.[ Kyoto Imperial University Register, 1924–1925] p. 464 (National Diet Library Digital Collections). Retrieved 21 January 2020.

Career

Ida entered the Home Ministry, serving as a police superintendent in Ishikawa Prefecture and as a local administrative official in Nara Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Ehime Prefecture, and Hiroshima Prefecture. He later served as Director of the Local Bond Division and Director of the Finance Division in the ministry's Local Affairs Bureau, and subsequently as Chief of Police for Miyagi Prefecture and Hiroshima Prefecture.

From 18 March 1934 to 19 January 1935, Ida served as acting head of the office of the Mayor of Hiroshima.Successive Mayors of Hiroshima Hiroshima City. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

In 1945 he became a director of the Housing Corporation while concurrently serving as head of its Osaka branch. In 1949 he was appointed Director of Student Affairs at Osaka Prefecture University. After retiring, he opened a patent office in Kyoto.

Personal life

Ida was a follower of Zen. His hobbies included tennis, rowing, and painting. He lived in Higashikido-chō, Nara.

His first wife, Akiko, was the third daughter of Dai Nippon Brewery auditor Kōtarō Uchida, and they had one son and one daughter.

Among his published works are the collections of tanka poetry Rakusho Nikki and Zoku Rakusho Nikki.Shūji Hagino, Kōryū Jogo, p. 184.

Family

The Ida family residence in Higashikido-chō, Nara, was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan in 2002.

Yasuko Ida (1913–2009), professor at Saho College and daughter of Kōsaku Uemura, a member of the House of Representatives for Nara.[ Jinji Kōshinroku, 5th ed.] p. U-18 (National Diet Library Digital Collections). Retrieved 10 December 2019.

Brother: Katsuhisa Ida, director of Nihon Kajo Publishing.

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