- Yamaya Tanin
Infobox Military Person
name=Yamaya Tanin
lived=18 April 1866 -10 September 1940 [Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy]
placeofbirth=Morioka ,Mutsu Province ,Japan
placeofdeath=Morioka ,Japan
caption= Japanese Admiral Yamaya Tanin
nickname=
allegiance=Empire of Japan
branch=navy|Empire of Japan
serviceyears=1886 -1922
rank=Admiral
commands="Atkitsushima", "Kasagi"
Naval War College
1st Southern Squadron
IJN 2nd Fleet
Combined Fleet
unit=
battles=First Sino-Japanese War
oBattle of the Yalu Russo-Japanese War
oBattle of the Yellow Sea
oBattle of Tsushima World War I
awards=
family=
laterwork=nihongo|Tanin Yamaya|山屋他人|Yamaya Tanin (18 April 1866 –10 September 1940 ) was a naval theorist andadmiral in theImperial Japanese Navy during the early twentieth century. His is a direct ancestor of JapaneseCrown Princess Masako .Biography
Born to a "
samurai " household in Morioka inMutsu Province (present dayIwate prefecture ), Yamaya graduated from the 12th class of theImperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1886. He was 5th out of 19 cadets. As amidshipman , he served on the ironclad warship "Fusō". After a number of shipboard assignments, including a posting to the "Naniwa", he was assigned in 1891 to the "Itsukushima" on an overseas tour toFrance , returning over a year later in May 1892. Promoted tolieutenant , he was chief navigator on thecorvette "Yamato".Transferred to the converted passenger liner "Saikyo-maru", Yamaya served as chief navigator during the
First Sino-Japanese War and was present during theBattle of the Yalu on17 September 1894 , along with the belligerent Navy General Staff AdmiralKabayama Sukenori . He later served as chieftorpedo officer on the "Takachiho".In 1896, Yamaya returned to the
Naval War College (Japan) , and was promoted tolieutenant commander . He became an instructor after only one year following his graduation. He earned a reputation as a creative tactician.Winning promotion to
commander in 1899, Yamaya was recalled to combat duty in preparation for theRusso-Japanese War . He served asexecutive officer on the battleship "Hatsuse". His first command was thecruiser "Atkitsushima", during which time he participated in theBattle of the Yellow Sea on10 August 1904 . Promoted to captain soon afterwards, Yamaya then commanded the "Kasagi" during theBattle of Tsushima on26 May 1905 .After the war, he was appointed captain of the "Chitose". Serving in several fleet and staff positions following the war, Yamaya was promoted to
rear admiral on1 December 1909 . Serving two terms as Commandant of the Naval War College, from 1909-1911 and again in 1913 respectively, Yamaya expanded on the theories of AdmiralAkiyama Saneyuki . He was promoted tovice admiral on1 December 1913 .Yamaya was assigned to command the
1st Southern Squadron (consisting of the "Asama", "Kurama" and "Tsukuba") upon the outbreak ofWorld War I patrolling for German warships ofGerman East Asia Squadron in the South Pacific from October to December 1914. Under his command, Japanese forces occupied the former German colonies ofYap and theCaroline Islands .Recalled to Japan the following year, Yamaya was appointed Vice Chief of the
Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff , where he served until 1918, when he was given command of theIJN 2nd Fleet .Appointed a full
admiral on15 November 1919 , Yamaya succeeded AdmiralGentaro Yamashita ascommander in chief of theIJN 1st Fleet , and concurrently, commander in chief of theCombined Fleet until 1920.Removed from the active list two years later, Yamaya lived in retirement until his death in 1940.
References
Books
*cite book
last = Dupuy
first = Trevor N.
year = 1992
title = Encyclopedia of Military Biography
publisher = I B Tauris & Co Ltd
location =
id = ISBN 1-85043-569-3
*cite book
last = Schencking
first = J. Charles
year = 2005
title = Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergence Of The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922
publisher = Stanford University Press
location =
id = ISBN 0-8047-4977-9External links
*cite web
last = Nishida
first = Hiroshi
url = http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/px12.htm#a002
title = Imperial Japanese Navy
accessdate = 2007-08-25Notes
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