Dai-gensui

Dai-gensui

Dai-gensui (grand marshal; literally "great marshal" (大元帥?)) was the highest rank of the Greater Imperial Japanese Army from the 1870s to 1945, when the Empire of Japan was dissolved. Equivalent to the rank of a generalissimo or general of the armies (a six-star rank), and senior to the rank of gensui ("marshal"), the rank formally became obsolete in 1947 when the Imperial Japanese Army was abolished. The rank of dai-gensui was only ever held by the Emperor of Japan as commander-in-chief of the Empire.

List of dai-gensui

The holders of this rank were:

Holder Lifetime Time in rank Notes
Meiji Tenno 3 November 1852 — 30 July 1912 1868-1912
Taisho Tenno 31 August 1879 — 25 December 1926 1912-1926
Showa Tenno 29 April 1901 — 7 January 1989 1926-1945 Held the rank until 15 August 1945 when Japan surrendered to the Allies, rank officially abolished in 1947.

References

  • Donald Keene, Emperor of Japan, Meiji and his World 1852-1912

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