Yamanashi Hanzō
| Yamanashi Hanzō | |
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General Yamanashi Hanzō
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| Native name | 山梨 半造 |
| Born | April 6, 1864 Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Died | July 2, 1944 (aged 80) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Army
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| Years of service | 1886–1927 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | IJA 18th Division |
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| Other work |
Minister of War Governor-General of Korea |
Yamanashi Hanzō (山梨 半造?, 6 April 1864 – 2 July 1944) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Minister of War and Governor-General of Korea from 1927 to 1929.
A native of Osumi District in Sagami Province (part of present-day Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yamanashi graduated from the 8th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1886 and from the 8th class of the Army Staff College in 1892. He was assigned to the IJA 4th Infantry Brigade and served in combat as an infantry platoon commander during the First Sino-Japanese War . with the IJA 2nd Army.
After the war, Yamanashi served in a number of administrative and staff positions, before being posted to Germany as a military attaché from 1898 to 1902.
During the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, Yamanashi was Vice chief-of-staff of the IJA 2nd Army and subsequently chief-of-staff of the IJA 3rd Division. He was promoted to lieutenant commander in late 1904. He returned to Europe immediately after the end of the war as military attaché to Austria-Hungary, serving from the end of 1905 to 1907, and again to Germany from in 1907.
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