Takayoshi Sekiguchi

Takayoshi Sekiguchi (1836-1889) was a Japanese policeman and politician in the Edo Period and the first Governor of the Shizuoka Prefecture. as the second son of the Shogunate vassal Sekiguchi Takafune. The Sekiguchi family was descendants of the Imamkawa family, and his father, Takafune, was from Ikemiya Shrine in Sakura Village (present-day Sakura, Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture).

In 1838, his father Takafune was entrusted with the power of his father and moved to Ushigushi akagi-cho.

In 1848, he entered 's . At that time, the head of the Training Hall was Kido Takayoshi, who became a brother-like figure to Sekiguchi.

Bakumatsu Era In 1850, he turned 15 years old and indulged in Genpuku. In 1852, at the age of 17, he succeeded his father and was a bowing power.

In 1862, he handed over the position of Yoriki Momochi to his brother-in-law, Kanejiro. He was the subject of the restoration of the great government in the same year. In the same year, his eldest son Sokichi was born in Tsukioka.

On April 11, 1889, he was connected to a freight train for the construction of the Tōkaidō Main Line, which he worked hard to build for his seat at the 3rd Division's Invitational Festival in Nagoya.

Awards and honors Court Titles Senior Sixth Rank (1874) Junior Fifth Rank (1881) Junior Third Rank (April 17, 1889) Order of the Rising Sun, Third Class (October 28, 1882) Medal of Honor, Yellow (July 21, 1887)

Family Wife, Mutsumi (renamed Aya tea ceremony later tsung徧流authentic biography hermitage VI of Yamada SoWataru daughter) Fourth son Rikichi Sekiguchi (astronomer/meteorologist ) Eldest daughter Misao Sekiguchi Second daughter Manju Sekiguchi Chiyoko Sekiguchi Takamasa Sekiguchi ( 3rd owner of Shizuoka Girls' School, Han scholar )