Tetsuzan Nagata

An army officer during the Showa period. Born in Nagano Prefecture on January 14, 1884. Graduated from the 16th class of the Army Academy and the 23rd class of the Army War College. Was stationed in Germany, Denmark, and other countries for military research. While stationed in Switzerland in 1921 (Taisho 10), he made a pact with Obata Toshishiro, Okamura Yasuji, and Tojo Hideki to reform the army and build a total mobilization system, and later formed the Futabakai, a cross-sectional organization connecting mid-ranking staff officers from various ministries and bureaus. In 1926, he became head of the Mobilization Section of the Maintenance Bureau, in 1930 (Showa 5), ​​head of the Military Affairs Section of the Military Affairs Bureau, and in 1932, headed the Second Department of the General Staff, before becoming head of the Military Affairs Bureau in 1934. During this time, he was a key promoter of the construction of a fascist total war system, and was a skilled military administrator. He was a leader of the control faction and was widely hailed as a future Minister of War, but he was also seen as the mastermind behind the replacement of Inspector General of Education Masaki Jinzaburo and as a conspirator with the zaibatsu and senior vassals, and was assassinated by Lieutenant Colonel Aizawa Saburo of the Imperial Way faction in the Director-General of the Military Affairs Bureau's office on August 12, 1935.

[Akira Yamada]

"Secret Records of Nagata Tetsuzan" (edited by the Nagata Tetsuzan Publishing Association) (1972, Fuyo Shobo)

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昭和期の陸軍軍人。明治17年1月14日長野県生まれ。陸軍士官学校16期、陸軍大学校23期卒業。軍事研究のためドイツ、デンマークなどに駐在。スイス駐在中の1921年（大正10）ドイツで小畑敏四郎(おばたとししろう)、岡村寧次(おかむらやすじ)、東条英機(とうじょうひでき)らと陸軍刷新、総動員体制構築について盟約を結び、のちに省部中堅幕僚の横断的結合組織である二葉会を結成した。1926年整備局動員課長、1930年（昭和5）軍務局軍事課長、1932年参謀本部第二部長を経て、1934年軍務局長。この間ファッショ的総力戦体制構築の中心的推進者として軍事行政に辣腕(らつわん)を振るった。統制派のリーダーで、将来の陸相との声も高かったが、真崎甚三郎(まざきじんざぶろう)教育総監更迭の首謀者、財閥・重臣との通謀者と目され、皇道派相沢三郎(あいざわさぶろう)中佐に昭和10年8月12日軍務局長室内において斬殺(ざんさつ)された。

［山田　朗］

『永田鉄山刊行会編『秘録永田鉄山』（1972・芙蓉書房）』

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