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Takashi Maeda

まえだ つこう

Maeda Takashi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1872-07-12 (Kaga Domain)
Died
1937-11-17 age 65
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Residence History
Kanazawa (Oyama Shrine)

Career

Occupations
Shinto priest, Peer (Baron)
Active Years
1887-1937

Awards

Creation as Baron
1900
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: 叙爵

Awards & Nominations

Legacy

A member of the Maeda (Tsushima-no-kami) family who served as the 14th head of the house and as the second chief priest of Oyama Shrine. As a peer and Shinto priest, he oversaw family duties and shrine rituals from the Meiji through early Showa periods.

Archives

  • Oyama Shrine Office

Trivia

  • Created a baron in 1900 due to his father Maeda Takayoshi's merits.
  • Served as the second chief priest of Oyama Shrine from 1912 to 1936.