Oku Yasukata

Oku Yasukata
Oku Yasukata
奥保鞏
	Japanese General Count Oku Yasukata
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office
	In office; July 30, 1906 – January 20, 1912
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Kodama Gentarō
Succeeded by	Hasegawa Yoshimichi
Personal details
Born	5 January 1847; Kokura, Buzen Province, Japan
Died	19 July 1930 (aged 83); Tokyo, Japan
Awards	Order of the Golden Kite (1st class)
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch/service	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1871–1911
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands	IJA 5th Division, IJA 1st Army, Imperial Guard of Japan, IJA 2nd Army
Battles/wars	Boshin War; Taiwan Expedition of 1874; Satsuma Rebellion; First Sino-Japanese War; Russo-Japanese War;

Count Oku Yasukata (奥保鞏, 5 January 1847 – 19 July 1930) was a Japanese field marshal and leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army.