Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Marshal-General of the Navy (元帥海軍大将 gensui kaigun-taishō?) (literally: Sea Force Marshal-General) was the highest rank in the prewar Imperial Japanese Navy. The term gensui was used for both the Navy and the Imperial Japanese Army, and was a largely honorific title awarded for extremely meritorious service to the Emperor. In the Meiji period, the title was awarded to 5 generals and 3 admirals. In the Taishō period it was awarded to 6 generals and 6 admirals, and in the Shōwa period it was awarded to 6 generals and 4 admirals. This rank is similar to fleet admiral.

Note that several were promoted the same year they died - these were posthumous promotions.

Fleet Admiral Name (Birth-Death) From
1 20 January 1898 Marquis Saigo Tsugumichi (1843-1902) Kagoshima
2 31 January 1906 Count Itoh Sukeyuki (1843-1914) Kagoshima
3 31 October 1911 Viscount Inoue Yoshika (1845-1929) Kagoshima
4 21 April 1913 Marquis Togo Heihachiro (1847-1934) Kagoshima
5 7 July 1913 Prince Arisugawa Takehito (1862-1913) Imperial Family
6 26 May 1917 Baron Goro Ijuin (1852-1921) Kagoshima
7 27 June 1922 Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito (1867-1922) Imperial Family
8 8 January 1923 Baron Hayao Shimamura (1858-1923) Kochi
9 24 August 1923 Baron Tomozaburo Kato (1861-1923) Hiroshima
10 27 May 1932 Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (1876-1946) Imperial Family
11 18 April 1943 Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) Niigata
12 21 June 1943 Osami Nagano (1884-1947) Kochi
13 31 March 1944 Mineichi Koga (1885-1944) Saga

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