Nishikubo Hiromichi

Senior Fourth Rank
Nishikubo Hiromichi
西久保 弘道
Mayor of Tokyo
In office
29 October 1926 – 12 December 1927
Preceded byTakio Izawa
Succeeded byOtohiko Ichiki
Member of the House of Peers
In office
5 October 1916 – 8 July 1930
Nominated by the Emperor
Superintendent General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
In office
12 August 1915 – 9 October 1916
Preceded byTakio Izawa
Succeeded byBunji Okada
13th Director-General of the Hokkaidō Agency
In office
21 April 1914 – 12 August 1915
MonarchTaishō
Preceded byNakamura Junkurō
Succeeded byMagoichi Tawara
Governor of Fukushima Prefecture
In office
12 February 1910 – 1 June 1913
MonarchsMeiji
Taishō
Preceded byShōtarō Nishizawa
Succeeded byMasahiro Ōta
Personal details
Born(1863-06-30)30 June 1863
Nabeshima, Hizen, Japan
Died8 July 1930(1930-07-08) (aged 67)
Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Nishikubo Hiromichi (西久保弘道, Hiromichi Nishikubo; 30 June 1863 – 8 July 1930) was a Japanese bureaucrat, politician, and kendo master, who served as Governor of Fukushima Prefecture (1910–1913), Director-General of the Hokkaido Agency (1914–1915), Superintendent-General of the Metropolitan Police (1915–1916), Mayor of Tokyo (1926–1927), and a member of the House of Peers (1916–1930).

Early life

Hiromichi Nishikubo was born in 1863 in Nabeshima Village, Saga District, Hizen Province (now part of Saga, Saga Prefecture).[1]

He was the eldest son of a lower-ranking samurai family from Nabeshima Village. He later studied law, attending the Ministry of Justice Law School and completing his higher legal studies in Tokyo before entering government service in the 1890s.[2][3]

Honours

  • Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class ribbon Order of the Sacred Treasure, 4th class (26 December 1910)
  • Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class ribbon Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class (19 January 1916)
  • Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class ribbon Order of the Rising Sun, 2nd class (1 April 1916)
  • Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class ribbon Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class (8 July 1930)

References

  1. ↑ "西久保弘道". さがの歴史・文化お宝帳 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "第11回 修養論の系譜1 西久保弘道『武道講話』". 全日本剣道連盟 (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "西久保弘道". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 19 April 2026.
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