Akimoto Hirotomo

Infobox_Officeholder | name= Akimoto Hirotomo
nationality=Japanese
order=Lord of Tatebayashi
term_start= 1864
term_end= 1871
predecessor= Akimoto Yukitomo
successor= none
birth_date=birth date|1848|5|16|mf=y
birth_place=Edo, Japan
death_date=death date and age|1883|6|13|1848|5|16|mf=y
death_place=
spouse=

nihongo|Akimoto Hirotomo|秋元礼朝 (May 16, 1848–June 13, 1883) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served as the lord of Tatebayashi han (Kōzuke Province). Succeeding to family headship in 1864, he ruled the domain during the closing stages of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the chaos of the Boshin War. He and his domain were deeply involved in the events of the war in the north.

In the Meiji era, Hirotomo's family became nihongo|viscounts|子爵|shishaku in the new nobility.

External links

* [http://www006.upp.so-net.ne.jp/e_meijiishin/jinbutsu/akimotohirotomo/akimotohirotomo.htm Biographical information and picture] ja icon
* [http://www1.parkcity.ne.jp/sito/30.html More information] ja icon