Sadaaki Senda

Baron Sadaaki Senda
千田 貞暁
Member of the House of Peers
In office 10 July 1904 – 23 April 1908 Elected by the Barons
Gubernatorial offices Governor of Miyazaki Prefecture In office 20 January 1894 – 3 June 1898 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Hagiwara Hiroe Succeeded by Kabayama Sukeo Governor of Kyoto Prefecture In office July 1892 – November 1893 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Kunimichi Kitagaki Succeeded by Nakai Hiroshi Governor of Aichi Prefecture In office 15 January 1892 – 20 July 1892 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Takatoshi Iwamura Succeeded by Yasukazu Yasuba Governor of Wakayama Prefecture In office 9 April 1891 – 15 January 1892 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Tadaakira Ishii Succeeded by Morikata Oki Governor of Niigata Prefecture In office 18 April 1889 – 9 April 1891 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Shinozaki Gorō Succeeded by Koteda Yasusada Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture In office 6 April 1880 – 26 December 1889 Monarch Meiji Preceded by Benzō Fujii Succeeded by Nabeshima Miki
Personal details
Born	(1836-09-09)9 September 1836
Died	23 April 1908(1908-04-23) (aged 71)

Sadaaki Senda (千田貞暁, Senda Sadaaki; 9 September 1836 – 23 April 1908) was the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture from 1880 to 1889. His most ambitious project was the construction of Ujina port (later to become Hiroshima Port), which was completed in November 1889. He was the Governor of Niigata Prefecture (1889–1891), Wakayama Prefecture (1891–1892), Aichi Prefecture (1892), Kyoto Prefecture (1892–1893) and Miyazaki Prefecture (1894–1898).

Statue

A bronze statue of Senda was constructed at Ujina, where it still stands today.

References

• Hiroshima Cultural Encyclopedia
• History of Hiroshima, at the site of Hiroshima municipality