Heisuke Yanagawa

Heisuke Yanagawa
Heisuke Yanagawa
	General Heisuke Yanagawa
Native name	柳川平助
Born	October 2, 1879; Nagasaki Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died	January 22, 1945 (aged 65); Tokyo, Empire of Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1900–1938
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	IJA 1st Division, Taiwan Army, IJA 10th Army
Battles/wars	Russo-Japanese War; Second Sino-Japanese War; World War II;
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun; Order of the Golden Kite; Order of the Sacred Treasure
Alma mater	Imperial Japanese Army Academy; Army War College (Japan)
Other work	Minister of Justice; Vice-Minister of War

Heisuke Yanagawa (柳川平助, Yanagawa Heisuke, October 2, 1879 – January 22, 1945) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Japanese forces under Yanagawa's command committed the 1937 Nanjing Massacre.