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*''Birth: [[1852]]''
*''Death: [[1906]]''
*''Japanese'': [[児玉]]源太郎 ''(Kodama Gentarou)''
Kodama Gentarô was a prominent military officer of the [[Meiji Period]], serving as the fourth [[Governor-General of Taiwan]], as well as [[Minister of the Army]] and Chief of Staff of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]].
Originally born into the Tokuyama samurai family of [[Choshu han|Chôshû]], Kodama served in Imperial forces in the [[Battle of Hakodate]] in [[1868]], and in suppressing the [[Saga Rebellion]] and [[Shinpuren Incident|Shinpûren Incident]], two [[shizoku rebellions]] which took place in [[1874]]-[[1876]].
Kodama then went on to serve as commander of the 2nd Sakura Infantry Regiment from [[1880]] to [[1885]], based in [[Sakura]], [[Chiba prefecture]]. While there, he was promoted from lieutenant colonel (中佐) to colonel (大佐). The home in which he lived at that time survives today on Kaburaki-kôji in Sakura, a small street which is also home to several [[Edo period]] samurai homes; Kodama's former residence is identified by wooden plaques, but unlike the samurai homes, it remains a private residence and is not open to the public.
In [[1898]], after serving as head of the Army War College and Vice Minister of War, Kodama was appointed Governor-General of Taiwan; a bronze statue of him was erected in [[Taipei]] sometime later by collaborator [[Gu Xianrong]]. He served as [[Minister of War]], and [[Naimusho|Minister of Home Affairs]] around the same time.
Kodama played a prominent role for the Japanese military in the [[Russo-Japanese War]] in [[1904]]-[[1905]], not only in determining strategy and commanding troops, but also in negotiations (with the Americans as intermediaries); he also played some role in spurring the Russian Revolution of 1905. He was named Army Chief of Staff in [[1906]], but died later that year.
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==References==
*Plaques at Kodama home in Sakura, Chiba.
*"[http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/77.html?cat=14 Kodama, Gentaro]," Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures, National Diet Library, Japan, 2013.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Samurai]]
*''Death: [[1906]]''
*''Japanese'': [[児玉]]源太郎 ''(Kodama Gentarou)''
Kodama Gentarô was a prominent military officer of the [[Meiji Period]], serving as the fourth [[Governor-General of Taiwan]], as well as [[Minister of the Army]] and Chief of Staff of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]].
Originally born into the Tokuyama samurai family of [[Choshu han|Chôshû]], Kodama served in Imperial forces in the [[Battle of Hakodate]] in [[1868]], and in suppressing the [[Saga Rebellion]] and [[Shinpuren Incident|Shinpûren Incident]], two [[shizoku rebellions]] which took place in [[1874]]-[[1876]].
Kodama then went on to serve as commander of the 2nd Sakura Infantry Regiment from [[1880]] to [[1885]], based in [[Sakura]], [[Chiba prefecture]]. While there, he was promoted from lieutenant colonel (中佐) to colonel (大佐). The home in which he lived at that time survives today on Kaburaki-kôji in Sakura, a small street which is also home to several [[Edo period]] samurai homes; Kodama's former residence is identified by wooden plaques, but unlike the samurai homes, it remains a private residence and is not open to the public.
In [[1898]], after serving as head of the Army War College and Vice Minister of War, Kodama was appointed Governor-General of Taiwan; a bronze statue of him was erected in [[Taipei]] sometime later by collaborator [[Gu Xianrong]]. He served as [[Minister of War]], and [[Naimusho|Minister of Home Affairs]] around the same time.
Kodama played a prominent role for the Japanese military in the [[Russo-Japanese War]] in [[1904]]-[[1905]], not only in determining strategy and commanding troops, but also in negotiations (with the Americans as intermediaries); he also played some role in spurring the Russian Revolution of 1905. He was named Army Chief of Staff in [[1906]], but died later that year.
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==References==
*Plaques at Kodama home in Sakura, Chiba.
*"[http://www.ndl.go.jp/portrait/e/datas/77.html?cat=14 Kodama, Gentaro]," Portraits of Modern Japanese Historical Figures, National Diet Library, Japan, 2013.
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Samurai]]