Prince Kan'in Kotohito Military person

Prince Kan'in Kotohito (閑院宮載仁親王, Kan'in-no-miya Kotohito Shinnō OM, November 10, 1865 – May 21, 1945), was the sixth head of a cadet branch the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940.

Personal facts

Prince Kan'in Kotohito
Alias (AKA)閑院宮載仁親王 (Japanese)
Birth dateNovember 10, 1865
Birth place
Kyoto
Date of deathMay 21, 1945
Place of death
Odawara Kanagawa

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Military person

allegianceEmpire of Japan
award
Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Golden Kite
military operations
Russo-Japanese War
First Sino-Japanese War
Second Sino-Japanese War
military branch
Imperial Japanese Army
military command
*1st Division
*Chief of Army General Staff
*Imperial Guard
service start1881
service end1945

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