Yamagata Aritomo

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Yamagata Aritomo was a prominent Meiji-era Japanese military leader and statesman who helped modernize Japan’s army and twice served as Prime Minister.

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Yamagata Aritomo canonical 28
山県有朋 1
山縣有朋 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese politician
Prime Minister of Japan
human
military leader
allegiance Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
awardReceived Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Golden Kite
birthDate 1838-06-14
birthPlace Chōshū Domain
surface form: Hagi, Chōshū Domain

Nagato Province
Tabuse, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
surface form: present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
causeOfDeath natural causes
countryOfCitizenship Japan
deathDate 1922-02-01
deathPlace Tokyo
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
era Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period

Taisho era
surface form: Taishō period
ethnicGroup Japanese
familyName Yamagata
gender male
givenName Aritomo
headOfGovernment Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
ideology conservatism
militarism
influencedBy Chōshū Domain
surface form: Chōshū Domain samurai tradition

Prussian military tradition
surface form: Prussian military system
memberOf genrō (elder statesmen of Meiji Japan)
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Army
militaryRank Field Marshal
name Yamagata Aritomo self-link
nativeName Yamagata Aritomo self-linksurface differs
surface form: 山縣有朋
nobleTitle Prince (kōshaku) of the kazoku peerage
notableAchievement establishment of a Prussian-style general staff system in Japan
introduction of conscription system in Japan
notableWork modernization of the Imperial Japanese Army
occupation soldier
statesman
participantIn Boshin War
First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
positionHeld Chief of the Army General Staff (Japan)
Home Minister of Japan
Lord President of the Privy Council of Japan
Minister of War of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan
member of the House of Peers (Japan)
precededBy Kuroda Kiyotaka
Ōkuma Shigenobu
succeededBy Itō Hirobumi
Matsukata Masayoshi
termEnd 1891-05-06
1900-10-19
termStart 1889-12-24
1898-11-08

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Imperial Japanese Army notableCommander Yamagata Aritomo
First Sino-Japanese War commander Yamagata Aritomo
Iwakura Mission participant Yamagata Aritomo
Emperor Meiji associatedWith Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo name Yamagata Aritomo self-link
Yamagata Aritomo nativeName Yamagata Aritomo self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 山縣有朋
Battle of Pyongyang hasCommander Yamagata Aritomo
Ministry of War of Japan positionHeldBy Yamagata Aritomo
Ōkubo Toshimichi ally Yamagata Aritomo
Kido Takayoshi workedWith Yamagata Aritomo
Siege of Kumamoto Castle commander Yamagata Aritomo
Battle of Shiroyama commander Yamagata Aritomo
Meiji oligarchy hasMember Yamagata Aritomo
Chōshū Domain notableFigure Yamagata Aritomo
Aritomo usedBy Yamagata Aritomo
Aritomo notableBearer Yamagata Aritomo
Gensui (元帥) notableHolder Yamagata Aritomo
subject surface form: Gensui
genrō (elder statesman) notableMember Yamagata Aritomo
subject surface form: genrō
Meiji Restoration keyFigure Yamagata Aritomo
President of the Privy Council officeHeldBy Yamagata Aritomo
subject surface form: President of the Privy Council (Japan)
Yoshida Shōin influenced Yamagata Aritomo
Yoshida Shōin notableStudent Yamagata Aritomo
伊藤 博文 関連人物 Yamagata Aritomo
subject surface form: 伊藤博文
this entity surface form: 山県有朋
Battle of Toba–Fushimi commander Yamagata Aritomo
Battle of Aizu commander Yamagata Aritomo
Katsura Kogorō workedWith Yamagata Aritomo