Ogimachi Sanemasa
Ogimachi Sanemasa | |
|---|---|
正親町 実正 | |
 Ogimachi in 1913 | |
| Grand Chamberlain to the Emperor | |
| In office 27 May 1918 – 22 March 1922 | |
| Monarch | Taishō |
| Preceded by | Takatsukasa Hiromichi |
| Succeeded by | Tokugawa Satotaka |
| Member of the House of Peers | |
| In office 10 July 1890 – 31 May 1918 Elected by the Counts | |
| Governor of Saitama Prefecture | |
| In office 21 February 1899 – 25 October 1900 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Hagiwara Hiroe |
| Succeeded by | Yamada Shunzō |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1855 |
| Died | 26 June 1923 (aged 67) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Count Ōgimachi Sanemasa (Japanese: 正親町実正; 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,[1] a recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class in 1906,[2][3] a recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1910[4] and a recipient of the World War I Victory Medal in 1915.[5]
