Kawamura Kageaki

Infobox Military Person
name=Viscount Kawamura Kageaki
lived= (8 April 1850 - 28 April 1926)
placeofbirth=Kagoshima, Satsuma domain
placeofdeath=Tokyo, Japan


caption= Japanese General Viscount Kawamura Kageaki
nickname=
allegiance=Empire of Japan
branch=
serviceyears=
rank=Field Marshal
commands=Imperial Guard of Japan, IJA 10th Division
unit=
battles=Anglo-Satsuma War
Boshin War
First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
awards=Order of the Golden Kite (1st class)
Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon)
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum.
family=
laterwork=

Viscount nihongo| Kageaki Kawamura |川村 景明| Kawamura Kageaki|extra=8 April 1850 - 28 April 1926 was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Biography

Kawamura was born in Kagoshima in the Satsuma han feudal domain (present day Kagoshima prefecture. He first fought as a samurai in the Anglo-Satsuma War. He was part of the Satsuma forces in the Boshin War to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration he was appointed commander of the Imperial Guards. He also served as field commander in the suppression of various insurrections during the early years of the Meiji era, including the Hagi Rebellion and the Satsuma Rebellion.

Kawamura led his Imperial Guards division in the First Sino-Japanese War and went to the front in Taiwan as field commander. On the conclusion of that war, he was ennobled by Emperor Meiji with the title of "danshaku" (baron) under the "kazoku" peerage system.

In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, Kawamura succeeded Prince Fushimi Sadanaru as commander of the Japanese 10th Division, and served notably as field commander at the Battle of Yalu River (1904) and the Battle of Mukden. After Japan's victory, Emperor Meiji elevated him to the title of "shishaku" (viscount).

After the war, Kawamura served as chief of the Tokyo Garrison, and in 1915 he became a field marshal.

His Japanese decorations included the Order of the Golden Kite (1st class), Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon) and the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum.

Kawamura's grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.

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 = Jansen
first = Marius B.
year = 1986
title = Japan in Transition: From Tokugawa to Meiji
publisher = Princeton University Press
location =
id = ISBN 1-85043-569-3
*cite book
last = Jansen
first = Marius B.
year = 2000
title = The Making of Modern Japan
publisher = Balknap Press
location =
id = ISBN 0674009916
*cite book
last = Keane
first = Donald
year = 2005
title = Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852-1912
publisher = Columbia University Press
location =
id = ISBN 0231123418

External links

*cite web
last = National Diet Library
first =
url = http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/62.html?c=7
title = Kawamura Kageaki
work = Portraits of Modern Historical Figures