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*''Born: [[1608]]''
*''Died: [[1651]]/4/20''
*''Titles: Kaga-no-kami, [[Roju|Rôjû]]''
*''Japanese'': [[堀田]]正盛 ''(Hotta Masamori)''
Hotta Masamori served as ''[[roju|rôjû]]'' from [[1633]] until his death in 1651. He served on the ''[[hyojosho|hyôjôsho]]'', and was named chamberlain in [[1640]].
Masamori's third son, [[Hotta Masatoshi]], also joined the ''rôjû'' and became [[Tairo|Tairô]] later in life. Masamori's fifth son, meanwhile, was adopted by [[Nanbu Shigenao]], coming to be known as [[Nanbu Katsunao]].
Masamori committed ''junshi [[seppuku]]'', following his lord [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]] in death.
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==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 315n119.
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[[Category:Edo Period]]
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