Kuze Hirochika
Daimyō of Sekiyado
In office
1830–1862
Preceded byKuze Hirotaka
Succeeded byKuze Hirofumi
Personal details
Born1819
Edo, Japan
DiedJuly 28, 1864

Kuze Hirochika (久世 広周, 1819 – July 28, 1864) was a Japanese daimyō of the late Edo period, who ruled the Sekiyado Domain. He served as a rōjū in the Tokugawa shogunate, and briefly as chief rōjū (rōjū shuza 老中首座).

Family

  • Father: Okusa Takayoshi (d.1840)
  • Foster Father: Kuze Hirotaka (1799-1830)
  • Wife: Abe Masakiyo's daughter
  • Children:
    • Kuze Hirofumi (1854-1899)
    • Kuze Hironari (1858-1911)
    • Kuze Hiromitsu
    • daughter married Sakurai Tomoyoshi

References

  • Totman, Conrad. The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1980.


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