Keishō-hoku Prefecture


Keishō-hoku Prefecture was one of the administrative divisions of Korea during Japanese rule, with its capital at Taikyū. The prefecture consisted of modern-day North Gyeongsang, South Korea.

Population

Number of people by nationality according to the 1936 census:
The following list is based on the administrative divisions of 1945:

Cities

Provincial governors

The following people were provincial ministers before August 1919. This was then changed to the title of governor.
NationalityNameName in hanjaStart of tenureEnd of tenureNotes
KoreanLee Jin-ho李軫鎬October 1, 1910March 28, 1916Provincial minister
JapaneseSuzuki Takashi鈴木 隆March 28, 1916September 26, 1919Provincial minister before August 1919
JapaneseFujikawa Rizaburō藤川 利三郎September 26, 1919February 24, 1923
JapaneseSawada Toyotake沢田 豊丈February 24, 1923May 12, 1926
JapaneseSudō Moto須藤 基May 12, 1926January 21, 1929
JapaneseImamura Masami今村 正美January 21, 1929December 11, 1929
JapaneseHayashi Shigeki林 茂樹December 11, 1929September 23, 1931
KoreanKim Seo-kyu金瑞圭September 23, 1931April 1, 1935
JapaneseOkazaki Tetsurō岡崎 哲郎April 1, 1935May 21, 1936
JapaneseDate Yotsuo伊達 四雄May 21, 1936September 5, 1936
JapaneseKōtaki Motoi上滝 基September 5, 1936January 24, 1941
JapaneseTakahashi Satoshi高橋 敏January 24, 1941November 19, 1941
JapaneseTakao Jinzō高尾 甚造November 19, 1941September 30, 1943
KoreanTakenaga Kazuki武永 憲樹September 30, 1943August 17, 1944Had been forced to change name from Eom Chang-seob
KoreanLee Chang-geun李昌根August 17, 1944June 16, 1945
KoreanKim Dae-woo金大羽June 16, 1945August 15, 1945Korean independence