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The actual ruling class were Japanese military figures: the shōgun (military dictator), daimyo (feudal lords) and the samurai (military nobility and officers). [192] The samurai were idolized and their conduct was role model behavior for other social classes. This resulted in Japanese culture to have a long militaristic heritage.
The samurai class no longer held a monopoly on military power; their benefits and status were stripped from them after the Meiji Restoration. The dissolution of the samurai class would create a modern army of men of equal status. [4] However, many of the samurai were unhappy with reforms and openly shared their concerns.
A samurai in his armour in the 1860s. Hand-colored photograph by Felice Beato. Samurai or bushi (武士, [bɯ.ɕi]) were members of the warrior class in Japan.They were most prominent as aristocratic warriors during the country's feudal period from the 12th century to early 17th century, and thereafter as a top class in the social hierarchy of the Edo period until their abolishment in the ...
General / flag officers Senior officers Junior officers Sleeve insignia (1868–1904) [1] 陸軍大将 Rikugun-Taishō: 陸軍中将 Rikugun-Chūjō: 陸軍少将 Rikugun-Shōshō: 陸軍大佐 Rikugun-Taisa: 陸軍中佐 Rikugun-Chūsa: 陸軍少佐 Rikugun-Shōsa: 陸軍大尉 Rikugun-Tai-i: 陸軍中尉 Rikugun-Chūi: 陸軍少尉 Rikugun ...
The Imperial Japanese Army [a] (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.Forming one of the military branches of the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces (IJAF), it was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Army Ministry, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan, the supreme commander of IJAF.
The Battle of Shiroyama (城山の戦い, Shiroyama no tatakai) took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan. [3] It was the final battle of the Satsuma Rebellion, where the heavily outnumbered samurai under Saigō Takamori made their last stand against Imperial Japanese Army troops under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo and Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi.
Kashindan (家臣団) was an institution of the retainers (kashin) of the shogun or a daimyo in Japan that became a class of samurai. It was divided into the military commanders (bankata) and the civil officers (yakukata). [1] In the Nanboku-chō and Muromachi periods, the kashindan began to include members of the clan that it served.
Kumaichi Teramoto: LtCol (Air Force), Officer attached; later member of Army Aeronautical Department; Takeo Yasuda: Officer attached to Army Air Technical Laboratories (MajGen) Yoshitoshi Tokugawa: Director of the Research Department, Tokorozawa Army Aviation School; Imperial Japanese Army Air Force units. 64th Sentai units (Bangkok Airfield, 1941)