Kuze Hirochika
Kuze Hirochika | |
|---|---|
| Daimyō of Sekiyado | |
| In office 1830–1862 | |
| Preceded by | Kuze Hirotaka |
| Succeeded by | Kuze Hirofumi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1819 Edo, Japan |
| Died | July 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.