Nobushige Hozumi

Hozumi Nobushige
"I would rather be a bridge used by everyone than be a statue." -- Nobushige Hozumi

Hozumi Nobushige (穂積 陳重, 23 August 1856 –7 April 1926) was a Japanese statesman and legal expert in Meiji period.[1]

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.

  1. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric et al. (2002). "Hozumi Nobushige" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 362.

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