(born 1891-died ?) was the Interim Mayor of
Hiroshima from August 7 to October 22, 1945.
Morishita served as vice mayor of Hiroshima under mayor
Senkichi Awaya
was a Japanese public official who was killed by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima while he was its mayor. He was one of the key figures in the historic clash between the Japanese police and the Imperial Japanese Army in 1933. He is also kn ...
prior to the atomic destruction of his city. He was appointed acting mayor following the death of the previous mayor Senkichi Awaya in the atomic attack on Hiroshima. He remained acting mayor for a brief period, until
Shichirō Kihara
was mayor of Hiroshima from October 22, 1945 to March 22, 1947 and was elected as member of the Hiroshima Prefectural Assembly in 1911.
Following the atomic attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, a period of political vacuum was created, as th ...
was nominated mayor of Hiroshima.
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Mayors of Hiroshima
1891 births
year of death unknown