In 1885, with the establishment of the cabinet system, Hijikata was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the 1st Itō Hirobumi administration in 1887, and Imperial Household Ministry from 1887-1898. He was also made a member of the Privy Council from 1888.
Hijikata was awarded the title of count (hakushaku) in 1895. After his retirement from the Imperial Household Ministry, he served as president of Kokugakuin University. He died in 1918 at the age of 86, and his grave is at the Somei Cemetery in Tokyo.
hijikata, hisamoto, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, october, 2013, learn, wh. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations October 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Count Hijikata Hisamoto 土方久元 23 November 1833 4 November 1918 was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister of the Meiji period CountHijikata Hisamoto土方久元Born 1833 11 23 November 23 1833DiedNovember 4 1918 1918 11 04 aged 84 NationalityJapaneseOccupation s Politician Cabinet MinisterIn this Japanese name the surname is Hijikata Biography editHijikata was a samurai in Tosa Domain modern day Kōchi Prefecture He was sent by the domain to Edo for studies where he became involved in the sonnō jōi movement and after returning to Tosa he joined Takechi Hanpeita s Tosa Kinnōtō ja movement He travelled with Takechi to Kyoto in 1863 where he joined forces with the anti Tokugawa shogunate forces of Chōshu Domain and made contact with the kuge aristocracy most notably Sanjō Sanetomi After the abortive coup against the Shogunate later that year he was forced into exile with Sanjō to Chōshu Following the First Chōshu expedition he fled to Fukuoka Domain together with Sanjō where he later met with fellow Tosa countrymen Nakaoka Shintarō and Sakamoto Ryōma whom he assisted in securing Sanjō s support for the Satchō Alliance Following the Meiji restoration Hijikata joined the Meiji government and was appointed a public prosecutor in Tokyo He subsequently served in the Imperial Household Ministry and Home Ministry and as Cabinet Secretary to the Daijō kan cabinet He was subsequently made a tutor then an Imperial Councilor to Emperor Meiji who placed a great deal of confidence in him and who made him a viscount shishaku in the kazoku peerage in 1884 In 1885 with the establishment of the cabinet system Hijikata was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Commerce under the 1st Itō Hirobumi administration in 1887 and Imperial Household Ministry from 1887 1898 He was also made a member of the Privy Council from 1888 Hijikata was awarded the title of count hakushaku in 1895 After his retirement from the Imperial Household Ministry he served as president of Kokugakuin University He died in 1918 at the age of 86 and his grave is at the Somei Cemetery in Tokyo References editBeasley William G 1972 The Meiji Restoration Stanford Stanford University Press ISBN 9780804708159 OCLC 579232 Jansen Marius B Rozman Gilbert Rozman eds 1986 Japan in Transition from Tokugawa to Meiji Princeton Princeton University Press ISBN 9780691054599 OCLC 12311985 Jansen Marius B 1961 Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration Princeton Princeton University Press OCLC 413111 Keene Donald 2002 Emperor of Japan Meiji and His World 1852 1912 Columbia University Press ISBN 9780231123402 OCLC 46731178Political officesPreceded byItō Hirobumi Imperial Household MinisterSept 1887 Feb 1898 Succeeded byTanaka MitsuakiPreceded byTani Tateki Minister of Agriculture amp CommerceJul 1887 Sep 1887 Succeeded byKuroda Kiyotaka Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hijikata Hisamoto amp oldid 1197836298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,