caption death_date birth_place office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
higashikuze count and wearing his order of the rising sun with , paulownia flowers in the european-style court dress of a 04 january 1912 jpn kyoto 3rd 1st vice president of the house of peers 2nd chairman vice of the hokkaido development commission 1st governor of kanagawa prefecture chairman director-general of foreign affairs of the privy council of japan january 1 , 1834 march 13 , 1869 april 11 , 1868 january 17 , 17 1868 , 1892 september 13 , 1869 september higashikuze sadako 東久世 貞子 michitomi higashikuze.jpg higashikuze michitomi
 january 9 , 1871 november 5 , 1868 january 20 , 4 1868 , 1912 may 9 , 1871 may higashikuze michitomi
higashikuze michitomi

he was among the pro-emperor `` sonnō jōi '' faction nobles who escaped to chōshū domain after members of the pro-shogunate `` kōbu gattai '' faction staged a coup in 1863 .
after the meiji restoration , he was appointed among the first , and served the fledgling government in early negotiations .
after this he continued to hold important positions , including governor of kanagawa prefecture , chairman of the hokkaido development commission , and chamberlain , culminating in roles as vice president of the house of peers and vice chairman of the privy council .
he was a count in the japanese peerage .
his art names included .
