Ueda Arisawa

Ueda Arisawa
General Ueda Arisawa
Native name	上田有沢
Born	(1850-03-27)27 March 1850 Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Died	30 November 1921(1921-11-30) (aged 71)
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1869 - 1917
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Boshin War Satsuma Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War

Baron Ueda Arisawa (上田有沢^?, 27 March 1850 – 30 November 1921) was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.

Ueda was born as the second son to a samurai family from Tokushima Domain and as a youth was a samurai in the service of the Hachisuka clan with a revenue of 300 koku. He fought for the clan during the Boshin War of the Meiji restoration and in February 1869 was made a battalion commander in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army. He was promoted to captain in 1872 and was commanding a regiment in 1875. He participated in the suppression of the Satsuma Rebellion in 1877, serving in various staff positions afterwards, including chief-of-staff of the Kumamoto Garrison from 1884 to 1889 and (after his promotion to lieutenant colonel in November 1889), of the IJA 3rd Infantry Division from 1889 to 1891. In June 1891, he was assigned command of the IJA 22nd Infantry Regiment and was promoted to colonel in November of the same year. During the First Sino-Japanese War, Ueda was chief-of-staff of the IJA 5th Division, initially under Lieutenant General Nozu Michitsura and later under Lieutenant General Oku Yasukata. Ueda was awarded the Order of the Golden Kite, 4th class for his efforts during the war.

In September 1897, Ueda was promoted to major general and became commandant of the Army Staff College from October 1898. In February 1901, he was appointed commander of the IJA 22nd Infantry Brigade, and was promoted to lieutenant general and chief-of-staff of the Inspectorate General of Military Training in March the following year.