Mizuno Tadatomo


Mizuno Tadatomo was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period.

Career

Mizuno was an official in the Tokugawa shogunate. He was a junior counselor in the 1770s. From 3 November 1871 to 3 May 1788, he was a senior counselor at the top of the shōguns hierarchy.
In the political struggles of his time, he was a member of the faction headed by Tanuma Okitsugu. He managed to survive Tanuma's downfall; and he worked for a time with Matsudaira Sadanobu.