Ōshima Yoshimasa
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)
- Daughter Ōshima Hideko (Japanese 大 島 秀 子 ); Wife of the diplomat and Japanese ambassador in Berlin from 1926 to 1930 Nagaoka Harukazu
- Great-grandson Abe Shintarō (Japanese 安 倍 晋太郎 ); Foreign Minister from 1982 to 1986
- Great-great-grandson Abe Shinzō (Japanese 安 倍 晋 三 ); from 2006 to 2007 and prime minister since 2012
Awards
- Order of the Rising Sun with the Grand Cross of the Paulownia Order, 1st Class, 1912
literature
- Kowner, Rotem (2006). Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War. Scarecrow, ISBN 0-8108-4927-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Kowner, p. 274
personal data | |
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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 |