Kusumoto Masataka

Kusumoto Masataka
楠本 正隆
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
15 December 1893 – 8 June 1896
MonarchMeiji
DeputyAbei Iwane
Kenkichi Kataoka
Shimada Saburō
Preceded byHoshi Tōru
Succeeded byKazuo Hatoyama
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
26 November 1893 – 15 December 1893
SpeakerHoshi Tōru
Preceded bySone Arasuke
Succeeded byAbei Iwane
Member of the House of Representatives
In office
17 September 1892 – 8 June 1896
Preceded byFujita Mokichi
Succeeded byHamaguchi Kichiemon
ConstituencyTokyo 4th
In office
2 July 1890 – 25 December 1891
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byKuroda Tsunahiko
ConstituencyTokyo 1st
Governor of Tokyo
In office
19 December 1875 – 12 December 1879
MonarchMeiji
Preceded byŌkubo Ichiō
Succeeded byMatsuda Michiyuki
Personal details
Born(1838-04-14)14 April 1838
Died7 February 1902(1902-02-07) (aged 63)
Resting placeYanaka Cemetery
PartyShimpotō
Other political
affiliations
Independent (1890–1892)
Dōmei Club (1892–1894)
CRP (1894–1896)

Kusumoto Masataka (楠本 正隆) (April 14, 1838 – February 7, 1902) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Empire of Japan and its third speaker. Previously, he was governor of Niigata Prefecture (1872–1875) and Governor of Tokyo (1875–1879). He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure, and in 1896, he was granted the title of baron (男爵, danshaku) under Meiji Japan's European-derived kazoku peerage system.

Bibliography

  • 霞会館華族家系大成編輯委員会『平成新修旧華族家系大成』上巻、霞会館、1996年。