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Hasebe, Shōgo /長谷部照俉; September 28 , 1881 - April 29, 1953/ was born in Saitama Prefecture. His grandfather, Hasebe Jushichi was a swordsmith living in Honjo Town, Kodama County , Saitama Prefecture (present-day Honjo City). However, with the Meiji Restoration, the sword ban was issued and...

Inoue Ikutaro /井上幾太郎; February 18, 1872 (January 10, 1872) - May 7, 1965/ was the first chief of the Army Aviation Department and chairman of the Imperial Military Reservist Association https://asiamedals.info/forums/imperial-military-reservist-association-badges.611/ . Photo portrait that was...

Kiyoshi Furuya /古谷清; October 2 , 1878 - November 2 , 1945/ was born in Tokyo Prefecture, he was the eldest son of Hamayoshi Furuya. After graduating from Tokyo Prefectural Fourth Middle School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Toyama High School), he graduated from the Army Academy (10th class) in...

Yamanashi Hanzō (山梨 半造, 6 April 1864 – 2 July 1944) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Army Minister and Governor-General of Korea from 1927 to 1929. A native of Osumi District in Sagami Province (part of the present-day city of Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture), Yamanashi graduated...

General Naosuke Matsuki award documents https://asiamedals.info/threads/general-naosuke-matsuki-medals-and-orders-award-documents.28577/ Matsuki, Naosuke /松木直亮; November 5, 1876 - May 22, 1940/ was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture as the eldest son of Ichiro Matsuki. He graduated from the Military...

Marshal Yamagata Aritomo Imperial Russian Orders for Non-Christians https://asiamedals.info/threads/order-of-st-alexander-nevsky-with-diamonds-for-non-christians-of-marshal-yamagata-aritomo.30366/. Prince Yamagata Aritomo (山縣 有朋; 14 June 1838 – 1 February 1922) was a Japanese statesman and...

Kesago Nakajima /中島 今朝吾, Nakajima Kesago, 15 June 1881 – 28 October 1945/ was born in Oita prefecture. He attended military preparatory schools as a youth, and graduated from the 15th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1903. He served in combat in the Russo-Japanese War. After the...