Everything about Hasegawa Yoshimichi totally explained
Count was a
field marshal in the
Imperial Japanese Army and Japanese
Governor General of Korea from
1916-
1919. His Japanese decorations included
Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) and
Order of the Chrysanthemum.
Biography
Hasegawa was born as the son of a
samurai fencing master in the
Iwakuni sub-fief of
Chōshū (present-day
Yamaguchi prefecture), Hasegawa served under the Chōshū forces during the
Boshin War from January until March 1868 during the
Meiji Restoration which overthrew the
Tokugawa Shogunate.
Upon the formation of the
Imperial Japanese Army in 1871, Hasegawa enlisted as a
captain and later, as a
major, was given command of a
regiment during the
Satsuma Rebellion seeing action at the relief of
Kumamoto Castle on
14 April 1877.
Traveling to
France as
military attaché in 1885 to study European
military strategy,
military tactics and equipment, Hasegawa was promoted to
major general upon his return to Japan the following year.
During the
First Sino-Japanese War, Hasegawa won distinction for valor on behalf of his 12th Infantry Brigade at the
Battle of Pyongyang on
15 September 1894 and in skirmishes around
Haicheng from December 1894 until January 1895. After the war, he was ennobled with the title of
danshaku (
baron) under the
kazoku peerage system.
During the
Russo-Japanese War, Hasegawa was assigned to the
Japanese 1st Army under General
Kuroki Tamemoto as commander of the
Imperial Guards Division in the spring of 1904, later fighting with distinction at the
Battle of the Yalu on
30 April -
1 May 1904, eventually winning promotion to
general in June 1904. After the war, he was elevated to the title of
shishaku (
viscount).
After serving as commander of the
Korea Garrison Army from September 1904 until December 1908, Hasegawa was appointed
Chief-of-Staff of the
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff in 1912. He forced
War Minister Uehara Yusaku to resign over
Prime Minister Saionji Kinmochi's tight fiscal policy and attempted revision of the system whereby only active duty officers can serve as Ministers of War and Navy. The collapse of Saionji’s government was known as the "Taisho Political Crisis".
In 1915, Hasegawa was awarded the title of
field marshal, and was elevated to the title of
hakushaku (
count) in 1916.
From October 1916, he served as the third Japanese
Governor-General of Korea, and was later criticized for his military approach to the
Samil Independence Movement.
Hasegawa died in 1924. His grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in
Tokyo.
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