[2] He entered the Higher Middle School Zoshikan of Kagoshima too,[2] but he dropped out for financial reason.

[3] He went to Tokyo in 1889 and stayed in Inajiro Tajiri [ja]'s house as a live-in student (Mr.Tajiri was an economist and financial bureaucracy).

[4] He graduated College of Law, Imperial University and entered Japanese Ministry of Finance in 1896.

[5] In 1922-1923, Ichiki was briefly finance minister in the cabinet of Katō Tomosaburō.

[6] As head of the Ministry of Finance, he was cautious in response to unsettled financial situation.