Hirata Tosuke

Viscount Hirata Tosuke
平田 東助
7th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office September 19, 1922 – March 30, 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Matsukata Masayoshi
Succeeded by	Hamao Arata
Personal details
Born	(1849-03-02)March 2, 1849 Yonezawa Domain, Tokugawa shogunate
Died	April 14, 1925(1925-04-14) (aged 76) Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Children	Hirata Shodo Noboru Hirata
Relatives	Masaharu Matsushita(Grandson) Hiro Matsushita(Great-grandson)
Occupation	Cabinet Minister, Legal Scholar

Count Hirata Tosuke (平田 東助, March 2, 1849 – April 14, 1925) was a Japanese statesman and the 7th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, active in the Meiji and Taishō period Empire of Japan.