Benzō Fujii

Benzō Fujii[b] (1840–1880 or c. 1842–1881) was a Japanese bakumatsu-era samurai in the Chōshū Domain and an early Meiji era politician who served as lieutenant governor of Tsuruga Prefecture [ja] in 1873–1875 and governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in 1875–1880.

[2] Benzō Fujii was born in present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture in 1840[2][3] or around 1842[4] into a samurai household serving the Chōshū Domain.

He was soon promoted to governor of Hiroshima Prefecture on 23 February, a role he held until 1880.

[2] During his tenure as governor, he summoned the prefectural assembly for the first time and strived to better organize local finance.

He left office on 6 April 1880 due to an illness, and died in September 1880[2] or 1881.