Kageaki Kawamura
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Viscount Kawamura Kageaki |
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Japanese General Viscount Kawamura Kageaki
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| Native name | 川村 景明 |
| Born | April 8, 1850 Kagoshima, Satsuma domain |
| Died | April 28, 1926 (aged 76) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Rank | Field Marshal |
| Commands held | Imperial Guard of Japan, IJA 10th Division |
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Viscount Kawamura Kageaki (川村 景明?, 8 April 1850 – 28 April 1926) was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Kawamura was born in Kagoshima in the Satsuma han feudal domain (present day Kagoshima prefecture. He first fought as a samurai in the Anglo-Satsuma War. He was part of the Satsuma forces in the Boshin War to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration he was appointed commander of the Imperial Guards. He also served as field commander in the suppression of various insurrections during the early years of the Meiji era, including the Hagi Rebellion and the Satsuma Rebellion.
Kawamura led his Imperial Guards Division in the First Sino-Japanese War and went to the front in Taiwan as field commander. On the conclusion of that war, he was ennobled by Emperor Meiji with the title of danshaku (baron) under the kazoku peerage system.
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