Sachihiko Kusunose

Japanese: 楠瀬幸彦 - くすのせ・さちひこ

Year of death: October 13, 1927
Year of birth: March 15, 1858 (April 28, 1858)
An army officer during the Meiji and Taisho periods. The eldest son of Kusunoki Masashi, a samurai of the Tosa (Kochi) clan. Graduated from the Army Academy in 1880, and was in the artillery department. He studied in France from 1881 to 1886. In 1890, he became a member of the First Bureau of the General Staff. In 1902, he was temporarily attached to the Japanese Embassy in Seoul, and the following year he was imprisoned for his involvement in the assassination of Empress Min. He was found not guilty at a military court martial in 1904. After serving as a supervisor at the Osaka Artillery Factory, he became the Second Army's Logistics Superintendent and then the Fourth Army's Artillery Chief during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05). After the war, he served as the Commander-in-Chief of Karafuto Prefecture, and was promoted to lieutenant general in 1905. He was often posted to the provinces because he criticized the Choshu faction. His attitude was recognized and he served as Army Minister in the Yamamoto Gonbei Cabinet from 1913 to 1914. <References> Sagishiro Manabu, "Criticism of the Powers of the Times"

(Jun Suzuki)

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Japanese:

没年：昭和2.10.13(1927)
生年：安政5.3.15(1858.4.28)
明治大正期の陸軍軍人。土佐(高知)藩士楠瀬正志の長男。明治13(1880)年陸軍士官学校卒,砲兵科。14～18年フランスに留学。22年参謀本部第1局員。27年臨時京城公使館付となり,翌年閔妃暗殺事件に関与したとして入獄。29年軍法会議で無罪となる。大阪砲兵工廠提理などを経て,日露戦争(1904～05)時には第2軍兵站監,次いで第4軍砲兵部長。戦後は樺太庁長官などを務め,40年に中将に進む。地方勤務が多かったのは,長州閥を批判したためだという。大正2(1913)～3年の山本権兵衛内閣ではその姿勢が評価されて陸軍大臣を務めた。<参考文献>鷺城学人『時代勢力の批判』

(鈴木淳)

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