Matsudaira Norikata

Count
Matsudaira Norikata
松平 乗謨
Count Matsudaira Norikata dressed in court uniform
Born(1839-12-18)December 18, 1839
DiedJanuary 26, 1910(1910-01-26) (aged 70–71)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationPolitician

Count Matsudaira Norikata (松平 乗謨, December 18, 1839 – January 26, 1910) was the 8th and final daimyō of Okutono in Mikawa Province, and 1st (and final) daimyō of Tanoguchi Domain in Shinano Province. He served in the Tokugawa shogunate in the positions of Rōjū and Wakadoshiyori, and became a leader in the Meiji government following the Meiji Restoration as a politician. He was one of the founders of the Japanese Red Cross. He is also known as Ogyū Yuzuru (大給恒).