Hotta Masayasu (Viscount)
Hotta Masayasu | |
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| 堀田正養 | |
Hotta Masayasu, post-Meiji restoration | |
| 9th Daimyō of Ōmi-Miyagawa Domain | |
| In office 1864–1868 | |
| Monarchs | Shōgun |
| Preceded by | Hotta Masami |
| Succeeded by | < position abolished > |
| Imperial Governor of Miyagawa | |
| In office 1869–1871 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Meiji |
| 17th Minister of Communications | |
| In office 25 March 1908 – 19 July 1908 | |
| Monarch | Emperor Meiji |
| Preceded by | Hara Takashi |
| Succeeded by | Gotō Shinpei |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 1, 1848 Yurihonjō, Akita, Japan |
| Died | May 9, 1911 (aged 63) |
| Spouse | daughter of Hotta Masami |
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Viscount Hotta Masayasu (堀田正養; 1 April 1848 – 9 May 1911) was the 9th and final daimyō of Ōmi-Miyagawa Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate, and served as a politician and cabinet minister in the post-Meiji Restoration Empire of Japan.