Hishikari Takashi

Hishikari Takashi

Hishikari Takashi ( Japanese 菱 刈 隆 ; * December 27, 1871 in Kagoshima , Japan ; † July 31, 1952 ) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army .

Life

Born in Kagoshima, Hishikari graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1894 . Immediately afterwards he was used as an officer in the 3rd Infantry Regiment in the First Sino-Japanese War . After the end of the war he attended the Imperial Japanese Army University , which he graduated in 1902. He then became the commander of the 26th Infantry Regiment.

After a short time as Chief of Staff of the Governor General of Taiwan , he took on the same function within the 1st Army in the Russo-Japanese War . Based on his experience there, he also took part in the Siberian intervention 13 years later . At the beginning of this mission he was promoted to major general in August 1918 .

In the interwar period, Hishikari was used in various ways. Among other things, he was director of the Army Academy, commander of the 4th Infantry Regiment and the 23rd Division and Chief of Staff of the 2nd Division. After his promotion to lieutenant general , he commanded the 8th and 4th divisions and the Taiwan Army . In August 1929 he was finally promoted to full general.

In 1930, Hishikari became commander in chief of the Kwantung Army stationed in Manchuria . Shortly after his replacement on August 1, 1931, the so-called Mukden incident occurred , so that it is questionable whether he was involved in its planning and preparation.

After participating in Operation Nekka , Hishikari was made Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army for the second time in 1933. In this position he negotiated a settlement between the Republic of China and Japan, after which Japan withdrew to the north behind the Great Wall of China .

On September 25, 1933, the Soviet Union protested diplomatically because it was of the opinion that the leadership of the Kwantung Army had planned a Manchurian occupation of the Chinese Eastern Railway with the responsible Japanese administrative forces in Manchukuo in a series of meetings . However, since the Soviet Union had offered the railway to the Japanese government a few months earlier, it seems unlikely that the Kwantung Army would have made such plans. On December 10, 1934, Hishikari was replaced by Minami Jirō as Commander in Chief of the Kwantung Army.

After serving on the Supreme War Council in 1934 and 1935 , Hishikari was transferred to the reserve. In April 1941 he retired and was removed from the reserve. From 1943 until his death on July 31, 1952, he was chairman of the All - Japanese Kendō Association .

literature

• Yoshihisa Tak Matsusaka: The Making of Japanese Manchuria, 1904–1932 . Harvard University Asia Center, Cambridge 2003, ISBN 0-674-01206-2 .
• Rana Mitter: The Manchurian Myth: Nationalism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Modern China . University of California Press, Berkeley / Los Angeles 2000, ISBN 0-520-22111-7 .

Web links

• Hishikari Takashi in the World War II Generals Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ammenthorp, The Generals of World War II
2. ^ Matsuzaka, The Making of Japanese Manchuria

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