Background
Son of Takanaga Iwaki, lord of the Kameda Clan. Was adopted by Masasato Hotta, lord of the Miyagawa clan in Omi Province (Shiga Prefecture).
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Hotta Masayasu
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Career
Became lord of the Miyagawa clan (1863). After the Meiji Restoration (1868), he participated in the administration of Tokyo City, served as a ward mayor in Tokyo and Vice-Speaker of the Tokyo Prefectural Assembly. After the Diet was established (1890), he was elected a member of the House of Peers and became well-known as a leader of the Kenkyu~kai Party. An expert in railway administration, he helped in mapping out various public work projects also.
