Ōkubo Haruno
| Baron Ōkubo Haruno | |
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Baron Ōkubo Haruno in October 1913
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| Born |
October 8, 1846 Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | January 26, 1915 (aged 68) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1870-1911 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars |
Boshin War First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War |
Baron Ōkubo Haruno (大久保春野?, 8 October 1846 – 26 January 1915) was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.
Ōkubo was born to a samurai family; his father was descended from the Ōkubo clan, former daimyō of Odawara Domain, who served as hereditary Shinto priests at a shrine in Tōtōmi Province (in what is now Iwata, Shizuoka. Together with his father, he fought as a samurai in the Boshin War of the Meiji restoration.
After the Meiji Restoration, Ogawa attended a military boarding school in Osaka for the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army and was sent to France October 1870 for further training. After his return in July 1875, he served in various staff posts within the Army Ministry. He was made a battalion commander of the IJA 14th Infantry Regiment under the Kumamoto Garrison in May 1880, returning to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff in December 1882. He was given command of the IJA 12th Infantry Regiment in March 1886 and promoted to colonel in 1889. In June 1890, he became commandant of the Army’s Toyama Infantry School, and in June 1891 became commandant of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy.
In 1894, Ōkubo was promoted to major general, and given command of the IJA 7th Infantry Brigade, which saw extensive combat during the First Sino-Japanese War, especially at Hiacheng and Fengcheng in Manchuria. It also participated in the conquest of Taiwan. In December 1897, Ōkubo became commander of the 1st Guards Brigade.
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