About Ogimachi Sanemasa
Lived 1855 – 1923 (aged 67). Ogimachi Sanemasa was a Japanese pharmacist and politician.
Count Ōgimachi Sanemasa (; 20 July 1855 – 26 June 1923) was a Japanese courtier and pharmacist who served as Grand Chamberlain to the Emperor from 1919 to 1922.
Born to a prestigious kuge family, his father was an imperial counsellor and his aunt the biological mother of Emperor Kōmei. He was the governor of Saitama Prefecture (1899–1900). He was a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure. He was made a count in 1884, a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class in 1906, a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1910 and a recipient of the World War I Victory Medal in 1915.
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Who was Ogimachi Sanemasa?
(1855-1923)
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Ogimachi Sanemasa was born on 20 July 1855.
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Ogimachi Sanemasa died on 26 June 1923.
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Ogimachi Sanemasa was a pharmacist and politician.
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Ogimachi Sanemasa was Japanese.
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