Governor-General of Taiwan

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Japanese imperial office colonial office government position

The Governor-General of Taiwan was the highest-ranking Japanese colonial official who wielded both civil and military authority over Taiwan during Japan’s rule from 1895 to 1945.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Government-General of Taiwan 1
台湾総督 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese imperial office ⓘ
colonial office ⓘ
government position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Taiwan under Japanese rule ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Taiwan

Penghu Islands ⓘ
Formosa ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan
appointedBy Emperor of Japan ⓘ
Government of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Japanese government
country Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
dissolutionReason Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II

transfer of Taiwan to Republic of China control ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
firstOfficeHolder Kabayama Sukenori ⓘ
followedBy Chief Executive of Taiwan Province ⓘ
Chief Executive of Taiwan Province ⓘ
surface form: Governor of Taiwan Province (Republic of China)
hasAuthorityOver civil administration ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
education policy ⓘ
military administration ⓘ
police ⓘ
public health ⓘ
public works ⓘ
hasPower command of military forces in Taiwan ⓘ
emergency powers ⓘ
legislative authority by ordinance ⓘ
historicalPeriod Japanese rule in Taiwan ⓘ
languageUsed Hakka ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
Taiwanese Hokkien ⓘ
indigenous Formosan languages ⓘ
lastOfficeHolder Andō Rikichi ⓘ
legalBasis Imperial Ordinances of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Imperial ordinances of the Empire of Japan

Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ
nativeLabel Governor-General of Taiwan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 台湾総督
nativeLanguage Japanese ⓘ
officeBuilding Taiwan Governor-General’s Office ⓘ
current Presidential Office Building (Taiwan) ⓘ
officeHolderCount over 15 ⓘ
officeLocation Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
surface form: Taipei
partOf Taiwan Governor-General’s Office ⓘ
surface form: Government-General of Taiwan

Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
precededBy Qing dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Qing dynasty administration of Taiwan
residence Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
surface form: Taipei
seat Taipei, Taiwan ⓘ
surface form: Taipei
startTime 1895 ⓘ
subordinateTo Prime Minister of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Prime Minister

Privy Council of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Privy Council

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taihoku → governedBy → Governor-General of Taiwan ⓘ
Taiwan under Japanese rule → headOfGovernment → Governor-General of Taiwan ⓘ
Kominka movement → implementedBy → Governor-General of Taiwan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government-General of Taiwan
Governor-General of Taiwan → nativeLabel → Governor-General of Taiwan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 台湾総督
Den Kenjirō → positionHeld → Governor-General of Taiwan ⓘ
Gotō Shinpei → positionHeld → Governor-General of Taiwan ⓘ
Kodama Gentarō → positionHeld → Governor-General of Taiwan ⓘ