Ōshima Yoshimasa

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General Ōshima Yoshimasa, around 1914.

Ōshima Yoshimasa ( Japanese 大 島 義昌 ; born September 20, 1850 in Yamaguchi Prefecture , Japan ; † April 10, 1926 , Japanese Empire ) was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army and the first governor of the Kwantung lease area .

Life

Ōshima was born in the Chōshū fiefdom, today's Yamaguchi Prefecture. During the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877, Ōshima served as a battalion commander in the Imperial Japanese Army .

During the First Sino-Japanese War , he led the 9th Mixed Brigade into action before the fighting officially began. He successfully participated with this in the Battle of Seonghwan , whereupon Ōshima was promoted to lieutenant general in 1898 . For his services he was subsequently named Danshaku according to the Japanese nobility system of Kazoku .

In the Russo-Japanese War he commanded the 3rd Division of the 2nd Army under General Oku Yasukata . With the 3rd Division he took part in the battles of Liaoyang , Shaho and Mukden . At the end of the war, he was promoted to general and appointed first governor of the Kwantung lease area, which had been won by the war . He was instrumental in the formation of the Kwantung Army . He then served as a military advisor before retiring from the army in August 1915. He died on April 10, 1926.

Offspring (selection)

Awards

  • Order of the Rising Sun with the Grand Cross of the Paulownia Order, 1st Class, 1912

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kowner, p. 274
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Ōshima is the family name, Yoshimasa the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Ōshima, Yoshimasa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 大 島 義昌 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese general
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1850
PLACE OF BIRTH Yamaguchi Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1926