Nobushige Hozumi

was a Japanese statesman and legal expert in Meiji period.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2002). "Hozumi Nobushige" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 362.

Hozumi was appointed to the House of Peers in 1890.

In 1915, he was ennobled with the title of danshaku (baron) under the kazoku system.

In 1916, Hozumi was named to the Emperor's Privy Council in 1916.

After death
The people of Uwajima city named a bridge in his honor. He was also honored by a Japanese commemorative postage stamp in 1998.

Selected works
 Hozumi, Nobushige. Ancestor-Worship and Japanese Law. University Press of the Pacific, 2003, 
 Hozumi, Nobushige. The new Japanese civil code,: As material for the study of comparative jurisprudence. Maruzen 1912. ASIN: B000870Z46

References

 Further reading 

 Marshall Byron K. Professors and Politics: The Meiji Academic Elite. Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter, 1977), pp. 71–97
 Oda, Hiroshi. Japanese Law. Oxford University Press, 2001. 

Category:1856 births
Category:1926 deaths
Category:Japanese politicians
Category:People from Ehime Prefecture