Hotta Masayoshi | |
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 Hotta Masayoshi | |
| 5th (Hotta) Lord of Sakura | |
| In office 1825–1859 | |
| Preceded by | Hotta Masachika |
| Succeeded by | Hotta Masamichi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 30, 1810 Edo, Japan |
| Died | April 26, 1864 (aged 53) Sakura, Chiba, Japan |
Hotta Masayoshi (堀田 正睦, August 30, 1810 – April 26, 1864) was the 5th Hotta daimyō of the Sakura Domain in the Japanese Edo period, who served as chief rōjū in the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate, where he played an important role in the negotiations of the Ansei Treaties with various foreign powers.[1]
- ^ Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric et al. (2005). "Hotta Masayoshi" in Japan encyclopedia, p. 360., p. 360, at Google Books; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, see Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File.