Inoue Masaoto

Inoue Masaoto
井上 正巳
Born	(1856-02-10)February 10, 1856
Died	September 14, 1921(1921-09-14) (aged 65)
Military career
Allegiance	Shimotsuma Domain
Rank	Daimyō
Conflicts	Boshin War

Inoue Masaoto (井上 正巳) (February 10, 1856 – September 14, 1921) was a Japanese daimyō of the Edo period, who served as the last lord of the Shimotsuma Domain. His court title was Iyo no kami. Under his leadership, Shimotsuma fought on the side of Aizu during the Boshin War.

Masaoto was created shishaku (viscount) in the Meiji-era kazoku nobility.

References

• "Shimotsuma-han" on Edo 300 HTML Archived 2012-01-29 at the Wayback Machine (5 June 2008)