Yoshimichi Hasegawa

Count Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Japanese General Count Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Born	October 1, 1850 Iwakuni Domain, Suō Province, Japan
Died	January 27, 1924(1924-01-27) (aged 73) Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1871–1916
Rank	Field Marshal
Battles/wars	Boshin War First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War
Awards	Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) Order of the Chrysanthemum Order of the Red Eagle Order of the Golden Ruler of the Korean Empire Order of the Auspicious Stars of the Korean Empire
Other work	Governor-General of Korea

Count Hasegawa Yoshimichi (長谷川 好道^?, 1 October 1850 – 27 January 1924) was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and Japanese Governor General of Korea from 1916 to 1919. His Japanese decorations included Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) and Order of the Chrysanthemum.

Hasegawa was born as the son of a samurai fencing master in the Iwakuni sub-fief of Chōshū (present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture), Hasegawa served under the Chōshū forces during the Boshin War from January until March 1868 during the Meiji Restoration which overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate.

Upon the formation of the Imperial Japanese Army in 1871, Hasegawa was commissioned a captain. Later, as a major, he was given command of a regiment during the Satsuma Rebellion, and saw action at the relief of Kumamoto Castle on 14 April 1877.

He traveled to France as military attaché in 1885 to study European military strategy, military tactics and equipment. Upon his return to Japan the following year, Hasegawa was promoted to major general