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Born August 1864. From Fukuoka Domain. Final rank was army general. Graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, December 1883, in 6th class. Graduated from Army War College, December 1889. December 1883: Attached to 12th Infantry Regiment. June 1884: Attached to 18th Infantry Regiment. December 1886: Appointed commandant of Toyama Military Academy. December 1889: Attached to 5th Infantry Regiment. December 1890: Appointed to Imperial General Staff Office. July 1891: Appointed to 1st Bureau, Imperial General Staff Office, April 1895: Appointed staff officer, Imperial Guard. May 1896: G-3 (Transport and Communications), Imperial General Staff Office. January 1899: Joint appointment as Imperial General Staff Office member and instructor, Naval War College. January 1901: Made attaché, legation to France. August 1902: Made attaché, legation to Russia. February 1904: Attached to Imperial General Staff Office. February 1906: Made attaché, legation to Germany. December 1906: Appointed commander, 7th Infantry Regiment. October 1907: Appointed commander, Military Police, Korea. December 1908: Added appointment as Chief of Staff, Korea. October 1910: Added appointment as chief of police, Governor-General of Korea. April 1914: Appointed deupty Chief of Staff, Korea. October 1915: Appointed commander, 6th Corps. June 1918: Appointed Governor-General, Taiwan. August 1919: Appointed commander, Taiwan Army of Japan. October 1919: Passed away, posthumously accorded rank of baron.
Reference materials
秦郁彦編『日本陸海軍総合事典 第2版』東京大学出版会、2005年、6頁。外山操編『陸海軍将官人事総覧 陸軍編』芙蓉書房出版、1993年、67頁。
Basic word (Japanese)
明石元二郎
Basic word (English)
Akashi Motojiro
Synonym
明石参謀長明石軍参謀長明石朝鮮駐箚憲兵司令官明石司令官明石憲兵隊長明石警務総長明石参謀次長明石師団長明石台湾総督明石総督明石陸軍大将明石少将明石陸軍少将明石大佐明石歩兵大佐明石中佐明石歩兵中佐明石少佐明石歩兵少佐明石大尉明石歩兵大尉明石歩兵中尉明石将軍明石両少将明石中将
Related words
韓国併合明石工作フランス公使館付武官ロシア公使館付武官台湾総督朝鮮総督府警務総長仏蘭西公使館附武官露西亜公使館附武官
Alternative spelling
明石元次郎明石元一郎
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