Nagata Tetsuzan

Nagata Tetsuzan

Nagata Tetsuzan ( Japanese 永田 鉄 山 ; born January 14, 1884 in Suwa , † August 12, 1935 in Tokyo ) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army .

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Nagata Tetsuzan was born in Suwa, Nagano Prefecture. Tetsuzan graduated from the "High School of the Army" (陸軍士 官 学校, Rikugun shikan gakkō) in October 1904 and graduated from the "College of the Army" (陸軍 大 学校; Rikugun daigakkō) in 1911

During and after World War I, Nagata took part in various delegations that visited Europe. He was the first to delve into concepts of national mobilization to be used by the Japanese army and the entire nation in an emergency.

In 1932 Nagata was promoted to major general and in 1934 was entrusted with the management of the Bureau of Military Affairs (軍務 局; Gummukyoku). He belonged to the moderate-pragmatic direction of the army, the "Tōseiha" (統制 派). So his national planning ideas evoked the violent protest of the "faction of the imperial way" (皇 道 派, Kōdōha). On August 12, 1935, he was murdered by a member of the Kōdōha, Lieutenant Colonel Aizawa Saburō (相 沢 三郎; 1889-1939). His death in the Aizawa incident caused quite a stir in Japan.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Nagata is the family name, Tetsuzan the first name.