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- In this Japanese name, the family name is Yamagata.
Yamagata Aritomo | |
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山縣 有朋 | |
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| 3rd Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office November 8, 1898 – October 19, 1900 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Ōkuma Shigenobu |
| Succeeded by | Itō Hirobumi |
| In office December 24, 1889 – May 6, 1891 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Sanjō Sanetomi (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 14, 1838 Kawashima, Japan |
| Died | February 1, 1922 (aged 83) Odawara, Japan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Awards | Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon) Order of the Chrysanthemum Member of the Order of Merit (United Kingdom) Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (United Kingdom) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service |  Imperial Japanese Army |
| Years of service | 1868–1905 |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Battles/wars | Boshin War Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War |
Yamagata Aritomo (山縣 有朋, June 14, 1838 – February 1, 1922) was a Field Marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was twice Prime Minister of Japan. Yamagata was the founder of the Imperial Japanese Army.[1]
- ↑ Frederick R. Dickinson, War and National Reinvention: Japan in the Great War, 1914-1919 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999), p. 23