Machijiri Kazumoto

Infobox Military Person
name= Kazumoto Machijiri
lived= 30 March 1889 – 10 December 1950
placeofbirth=Kyoto prefecture, Japan
placeofdeath=


caption=General Kazumoto Machijiri
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allegiance=Empire of Japan
branch=
serviceyears=
rank=Lieutenant General
commands=IJA 6th Division, Indochina Garriron Army
unit=
battles= Second Sino-Japanese War
World War II
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family=
laterwork=
Viscount nihongo| Kazumoto Machijiri |町尻量基| Machijiri Kazumoto |extra= 30 March 1889 – 10 December 1950 was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

Biography

Machijiri was the fourth son of the "kuge" Mibu Motonaka (1835-1906) from an ancient court nobility family of Kyoto. He was adopted into the "kazoku" peerage by Viscount Machijiri Kazuhiro and inherited the title of "shishaku". His wife was the daughter of Prince Kaya Kuninori.

Machijiri graduated from the 21st class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1909, where his classmates included Kanji Ishihara, Jo Iimura] and Harukichi Hyakutake. He later graduated from the 29th class of the Army Staff College in 1917. He was a military attache to France from 1919-1921, participated for three months in the Versailles Peace Treaty Negotiations, and remained as a resident officer in Paris from 1921-1923, and again from 1925-1926.

Machijiri was Aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Japan from 1930-1935. From 1935-1936, he commanded the Artillery Regiment of the Imperial Guard, and served as Chief of Army Affairs Section of Military Affairs Bureau within the Ministry of War from 1936-1938.

At the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Machijiri was again appointed as Aide-de-camp to Emperor Hirohito in 1937, but was soon transferred to become Vice Chief of Staff of the Northern China Area Army. He returned to Japan the same year for staff duties within the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, but was sent into the field again from 1939-1941 as commander of the IJA 6th Division. From 1941-1942, he was Inspector-General of the Chemical Warfare Section.

In 1942, Machijiri was appointed commander of the Indochina Garrison Army. Recalled to Japan in 1944, he survived the war and went into retirement in 1945.

References

Books

*cite book
last = Barnhart
first = Michael
year = 1988
title = Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919-1941
publisher = Cornell University Press
location =
id = 0801495296
*cite book
last = Coox
first = Alvin
year = 1990
title = Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, 1939
publisher = Stanford University Press
location =
id = 0804718350

External links

*cite web
last = Ammenthorp
first = Steen
url = http://www.generals.dk/general/Machijiri/Kazumoto_Viscount/Japan.html
title = Machijiri, Kazumoto
work = The Generals of World War II
*cite web
last = Wendel
first = Marcus
url = http://www.axishistory.com/index.php?id=6887
title = Commanders of 2nd Army
work = Axis History Database
* [http://ajrp.awm.gov.au/AJRP/AJRP2.nsf/d11276f4809757a3ca2565d2000b2a52/24ca366bc954bb2bca256dc0001fd0c0?OpenDocument Australian War Memorial (AWM55 5/6)]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Vietnam.html Rulers of Vietnam (includes Japanese commanders in Indochina)]

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