Benzō Fujii

Benzō Fujii
藤井 勉三
Councilor of Tsuruga Prefecture
In office
8 May 1872  19 January 1873
Preceded byNaomitsu Kumagai
Succeeded byUjihisa Murata
Lieutenant Governor of Tsuruga Prefecture
In office
19 January 1873  25 January 1875
Succeeded byTaketoshi Yamada
Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture
In office
23 February 1875  6 April 1880
Preceded byDate Muneoki
Succeeded bySadaaki Senda
Fifth Rank Judge of Hiroshima Prefecture
In office
5 June 1875  24 January 1876
Personal details
BornFebruary/March 1840 or c. 1842
Yamaguchi, Chōshū Domain, Tokugawa shogunate
DiedSeptember 1880 or 1881 (age 40 or 3839)
Hiroshima, Japan

Benzō Fujii (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 in 1873–1875 and governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in 1875–1880.