MILITARY PERSONNEL

Yamagata Aritomo

1838 - 1922

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Prince Yamagata Aritomo (Japanese: 山縣 有朋; 14 June 1838 – 1 February 1922) was a Japanese politician and general who twice served as prime minister of Japan (1889–1891; 1898–1900). He was also a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior courtiers and statesmen who dominated the politics of Japan during the Meiji era. As the Imperial Japanese Army's inaugural Chief of Staff, he was the chief architect of its nationalist and reactionary ideology, which has led some historians to consider him the "father" of Japanese militarism. Born to a low-ranking samurai family in the Chōshū Domain, Yamagata became a leader in the loyalist movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yamagata Aritomo is the 479th most popular military personnel (down from 337th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Japan (down from 141st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Japanese Military Personnel.

Yamagata Aritomo is most famous for being the first Japanese prime minister to be born in Japan.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Yamagata Aritomo ranks 479 out of 2,058. Before him are Gusztáv Jány, Emilio De Bono, Artur Phleps, Ernst von Mansfeld, Josef Harpe, and Gan Ning. After him are Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Lazare Hoche, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Charles Leclerc, Hugh Thompson Jr., and Herbert Gille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Yamagata Aritomo ranks 23. Before him are Princess Louise of Prussia, Anton Mauve, Arthur Auwers, Camille Jordan, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, and Vladimir Markovnikov. After him are Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows, Prince Louis, Count of Trani, 11th Dalai Lama, Konstanty Kalinowski, and James Craig Watson. Among people deceased in 1922, Yamagata Aritomo ranks 34. Before him are Camille Jordan, Arthur Nikisch, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, Mori Ōgai, Henri Désiré Landru, and Velimir Khlebnikov. After him are Hermann Alexander Diels, Alessandro Moreschi, Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Giovanni Verga, Catherine Dolgorukov, and Wolfgang Kapp.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yamagata Aritomo ranks 295 out of 6,245. Before him are Emperor Buretsu (489), Junji Nishikawa (1907), Fumihito, Prince Akishino (1965), Takeshi Kamo (1915), Koichi Oita (1914), and Seishiro Shimatani (1938). After him are Yasuyuki Kuwahara (1942), Tsugumi Ohba (1950), Konishi Yukinaga (1555), Toshio Hirabayashi (null), Emperor Ingyō (376), and Yoshio Furukawa (1934).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Japan

Among military personnels born in Japan, Yamagata Aritomo ranks 24. Before him are Okita Sōji (1842), Iwane Matsui (1878), Honda Tadakatsu (1548), Sanada Yukimura (1567), Nogi Maresuke (1849), and Tamon Yamaguchi (1892). After him are Mitsuru Ushijima (1887), Hijikata Toshizō (1835), Shoichi Yokoi (1915), Mitsuo Fuchida (1902), Saburō Sakai (1916), and Seishirō Itagaki (1885).

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