Tadayoshi Sakurai - Tadayoshi Sakurai

Japanese: 桜井忠温 - さくらい・ただよし

Year of death: September 17, 1965
Year of birth: June 11, 1879
He was an army officer and military writer from the late Meiji to Showa periods. He was the third son of Sakurai Nobuyuki, a samurai of Matsuyama Domain (Ehime Prefecture). His elder brother Tendan was a literary critic, and his younger brother Tadatake was a naval vice admiral. He entered the Army Academy in 1900 after graduating from Matsuyama Middle School, and served in the Russo-Japanese War as a lieutenant. He was injured during the first general attack on Port Arthur and repatriated to the mainland, where he wrote "Nikudan" (Human Bullet), which made him instantly famous. As his right hand became disabled, he worked as an adjutant and attached to a unit, while publishing many short stories. In 1924, he became head of the Army Ministry's newspaper division, during which time he is said to have had the strong support of Tanaka Giichi. He left active duty as a major general in 1930, and thereafter devoted himself to writing and painting, earning him the nickname of the literary genius admiral Ogasawara Nagao. His many works include "Home Front," "National Defense Encyclopedia," "Biographical History of Japan," and "Complete Works of Sakurai Tadaharu."

(Tanaka Hiromi)

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Japanese:

没年：昭和40.9.17(1965)
生年：明治12.6.11(1879)
明治後半から昭和期の陸軍軍人,軍事物作家。松山藩(愛媛県)藩士桜井信之の3男,兄天壇は文芸評論家,弟忠武は海軍機関中将。松山中学から明治33(1900)年陸士入学,中尉で日露戦争に出征,旅順第1回総攻撃で負傷し内地送還,『肉弾』を執筆し一躍有名となる。右手が不自由になったために副官や部隊付を勤めながら小篇を多数発表,大正13(1924)年陸軍省新聞班長となるが,その間田中義一の強い後援があったといわれる。昭和5(1930)年少将で現役を去り,以後執筆,絵画に専念,文才提督小笠原長生と並称される。作品に『銃後』『国防大事典』『伝記大日本史』『桜井忠温全集』など多数ある。

(田中宏巳)

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