Kusumoto Masataka

Junior Second Rank Baron Kusumoto Masataka
楠本 正隆
Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 15 December 1893 – 8 June 1896
Monarch	Meiji
Deputy	Abei Iwane Kenkichi Kataoka Shimada Saburō
Preceded by	Hoshi Tōru
Succeeded by	Kazuo Hatoyama
Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office 26 November 1893 – 15 December 1893
Speaker	Hoshi Tōru
Preceded by	Sone Arasuke
Succeeded by	Abei Iwane
Member of the House of Representatives
In office 17 September 1892 – 8 June 1896
Preceded by	Fujita Mokichi
Succeeded by	Hamaguchi Kichiemon
Constituency	Tokyo 4th
In office 2 July 1890 – 25 December 1891
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Kuroda Tsunahiko
Constituency	Tokyo 1st
Additional positions Vice Chairman of the Genrōin In office 27 December 1889 – 20 October 1890 Chairman Yanagiwara Sakimitsu Preceded by Yanagiwara Sakimitsu Succeeded by Position abolished Member of the Genrōin In office 12 December 1879 – 27 December 1889 Governor of Tokyo In office 19 December 1875 – 12 December 1879 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Ōkubo Ichiō Succeeded by Matsuda Michiyuki Governor of Niigata Prefecture In office 24 May 1872 – 7 November 1875 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Hiramatsu Tokiatsu Succeeded by Nagayama Moriteru
Personal details
Born	(1838-04-14)14 April 1838 Ōmura, Hizen, Japan
Died	7 February 1902(1902-02-07) (aged 63) Tokyo, Japan
Resting place	Yanaka Cemetery
Party	Shimpotō
Other political affiliations	Independent (1890–1892) Dōmei Club (1892–1894) CRP (1894–1896)

Kusumoto Masataka (楠本 正隆) (14 April 1838 – 7 February 1902) was a Japanese Home Ministry government official. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Empire of Japan and its third speaker. Previously, he was governor of Niigata Prefecture (1872–1875) and Governor of Tokyo (1875–1879). He was a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure, and in 1896, he was granted the title of baron (男爵, danshaku) under Meiji Japan's European-derived kazoku peerage system.

Bibliography

• 霞会館華族家系大成編輯委員会『平成新修旧華族家系大成』上巻、霞会館、1996年。