Shigetada Morishita

Shigetada Morishita (森下 重格, Morishita Shigetada) (born December 1891-died December 21, 1956) was the Interim Mayor of Hiroshima from August 7 to October 22, 1945.

Morishita served as vice mayor of Hiroshima under mayor Senkichi Awaya 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 nominated mayor of Hiroshima.

Further reading

• City of Hiroshima, ed. (1971), 広島原爆戦災誌 (PDF) (in Japanese), vol. 3, City of Hiroshima, archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2012, retrieved 5 August 2011