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Hotta Masayoshi (堀田 正睦, August 30, 1810 – April 26, 1864) was the 5th Hotta daimyō of the Sakura Domain in the Japanese Edo period, who served as chief rōjū in the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate, where he played an important role in the negotiations of the Ansei Treaties with various foreign powers.
Hotta Masayoshi (born 1810, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died April 26, 1864, Sakura) was a Japanese statesman who negotiated the commercial treaty that established trade between the United States and Japan, thus opening that country to commerce with the outside world for the first time in two centuries.
Hotta Masayoshi was a daimyô of Sakura han (Shimousa province), and head of the rôjû, famous as the chief Japanese official involved in negotiating the 1858 Harris Treaty (US-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce), which opened four Japanese ports to foreign commerce, and granted a degree of extraterritoriality to foreigners in Japan.
Ii Naosuke regarded the Harris treaty, which Hotta Masayoshi had negotiated with the American envoy Townsend Harris as in Japan's best interests. In accordance with the protocol he asked the three house lords of the gosankyō for their views in writing.
Hotta Masayoshi was the 5th Hotta daimyō of the Sakura Domain in the Japanese Edo period, who served as chief rōjū in the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate, where he played an important role in the negotiations of the Ansei Treaties with various foreign powers.
Jun 19, 2016 · Harris met with the Shogun Tokugawa Iesada and the ruling council, including the roju or head elder, or chief minister, Hotta Masayoshi, on December 7, 1857. Harris gave his letter of credence as well as a letter from President Franklin Pierce.
Hotta Masatoshi (born 1634, Edo [now Tokyo], Japan—died Oct. 7, 1684, Edo) was a statesman who began his career as an adviser to the fourth Tokugawa shogun of Japan, Ietsuna (shogun 1651–80), when he was still heir apparent.
