Makino Nobuaki

Makino Nobuaki
牧野 伸顕
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
In office
30 March 1925  26 February 1935
MonarchsTaishō
Hirohito
Preceded byHirata Tosuke
Succeeded bySaitō Makoto
Minister of the Imperial Household
In office
19 February 1921  30 March 1925
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byNakamura Yūjirō
Succeeded byIchiki Kitokurō
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
20 February 1913  16 April 1914
Prime MinisterYamamoto Gonnohyōe
Preceded byKatō Takaaki
Succeeded byKatō Takaaki
Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
In office
30 August 1911  21 December 1912
Prime MinisterSaionji Kinmochi
Preceded byŌura Kanetake
Succeeded byNakashōji Ren
Minister of Education
In office
27 March 1906  14 July 1908
Prime MinisterSaionji Kinmochi
Preceded bySaionji Kinmochi (acting)
Succeeded byKomatsubara Eitarō
Member of the Privy Council of Japan
In office
17 November 1909  19 February 1921
MonarchsMeiji
Taishō
Governor of Ibaraki Prefecture
In office
16 November 1892  10 March 1893
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byIshii Shoichiro
Succeeded byChikaaki Takasaki
Governor of Fukui Prefecture
In office
13 August 1891  16 November 1892
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byAdachi Toshitsuna
Succeeded byArakawa Kunizō
Personal details
Born(1861-11-24)24 November 1861
Kagoshima, Satsuma, Japan
Died25 January 1949(1949-01-25) (aged 87)
Higashi-Katsushika, Chiba, Japan
Resting placeAoyama Cemetery
SpouseMineko Makino
Parent(s)Ōkubo Toshimichi
Hayasaki Masako
RelativesKen'ichi Yoshida (grandson)
Shigeru Yoshida (son-in-law)
OccupationPolitician, cabinet minister, diplomat

Count Makino Nobuaki, also Makino Shinken (牧野 伸顕; November 24, 1861 – January 25, 1949), was a Japanese politician and imperial court official. As Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, Makino served as Emperor Hirohito's chief counselor on the monarch's position in Japanese society and policymaking.

After victory in World War I, Makino was appointed to be one of Japan's ambassador plenipotentiaries to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, headed by the elder statesman, Marquis Saionji. At the conference, he and other members of the delegation put forth a Racial Equality Proposal. It won the majority of votes, but was vetoed by the chairman, President Woodrow Wilson.

Even after his retirement in 1935, he remained a close advisor to the throne through the end of World War II in 1945.