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*''Born: [[1887]]/10/21''
*''Died: 1951/3/16''

Hotta Masatsune was a prominent politician of the Taishô and Shôwa periods.

Born into the [[Nabeshima clan]] in the Azabu neighborhood of [[Tokyo]], the son of [[Nabeshima Naoto|Nabeshima Naotô]], he was adopted by [[Hotta Masatomo]], the last [[Edo period]] lord of [[Sakura han]]. He graduated from [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]] in 1915, completed a graduate degree there in 1918, and that same year, became a member of the House of Peers, with the title of ''[[kazoku|Hakushaku]]''. He became a councilor in the Ministry of the Navy, and served as parliamentary Navy vice-minister in the cabinets of [[Prime Minister]]s [[Inukai Tsuyoshi]], [[Saito Makoto|Saitô Makoto]], and [[Okada Keisuke]] in 1930s, and served in the House of Peers until its abolition in 1946.

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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A0%80%E7%94%B0%E6%AD%A3%E6%81%92-1108153 Hotta Masatsune]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha 2009.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A0%80%E7%94%B0+%E6%AD%A3%E6%81%92-1677799 Hotta Masatsune]," ''Seiji ka jinmei jiten Meiji - Showa'', Nichigai Assoc. 2003.

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