Kuze Hirochika

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).

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

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.
Preceded by
Kuze Hirotaka
Daimyō of Sekiyado
1830–1862
Succeeded by
Kuze Hirofumi


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