Hirata Tosuke

Senior Second Rank
Count
Hirata Tosuke
Senior Second Rank; Count Hirata Tosuke
平田東助
7th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
	In office; September 19, 1922 – March 30, 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Matsukata Masayoshi
Succeeded by	Hamao Arata
Personal details
Born	March 2, 1849; Yonezawa Domain, Tokugawa shogunate
Died	April 14, 1925 (aged 76); Zushi, Empire of Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Children	Hirata Shodo; ; Noboru Hirata ; ;
Relatives	Masaharu Matsushita(Grandson); ; Hiro Matsushita(Great-grandson); ;
Occupation	Cabinet Minister, Legal Scholar

Count Hirata Tosuke (平田東助, March 2, 1849 – April 14, 1925) was a Japanese statesman and the 7th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, active in the Meiji and Taishō period Empire of Japan.

Senior Second Rank Count Hirata Tosuke
平田東助


7th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
In office September 19, 1922 – March 30, 1925
Monarch	Taishō
Preceded by	Matsukata Masayoshi
Succeeded by	Hamao Arata

Personal details
Born	(1849-03-02)March 2, 1849 Yonezawa Domain, Tokugawa shogunate
Died	April 14, 1925(1925-04-14) (aged 76) Zushi, Empire of Japan
Nationality	Japanese
Children	Hirata Shodo Noboru Hirata
Relatives	Masaharu Matsushita(Grandson) Hiro Matsushita(Great-grandson)
Occupation	Cabinet Minister, Legal Scholar