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[[File:Muto-nobuyoshi.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Mutô's grave at [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]] in Tokyo]]
*''Born: [[1868]]/5/26''
*''Died: 1933/7/28''
*''Japanese'': [[武藤]]信義 ''(Mutou Nobuyoshi)''
Mutô Nobuyoshi was a prominent military officer and official of the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] through early Shôwa periods.
Born in [[Hizen province]] in [[1868]] the second son of a [[Saga han]] samurai, Mutô went on to graduate from the Military Academy in [[1892]], and Army University in [[1899]]. He served as a Second Lieutenant in the [[Sino-Japanese War]], and platoon chief of the 23rd infantry regiment in the [[Russo-Japanese War]], later serving as military officer attached to the Russian Legation, and as head of the secret service during the [[Siberian Intervention]].
Mutô became a junior chief of staff in 1922, and commander of the [[Kwantung Army]] (in [[Manchuria]]) in 1926. The following year, he was named Inspector General of Military Training. The puppet state of Manchukuo was officially established in 1932, and Mutô was named commander of the Kwantung Army again, as well as Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo and governor (''chôkan'') of the Kwantung Leased Territory. By the time of his death in 1933, Mutô had held the ranks of Field Marshal, and army general, and the title of Baron (''[[kazoku|danshaku]]''). He is buried at [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]] in Tokyo.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AD%A6%E8%97%A4%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A9-1114426 Mutô Nobuyoshi]," ''Nihon daihyakka zensho Nipponica'', Shogakukan.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AD%A6%E8%97%A4%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A9-1114426 Mutô Nobuyoshi]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha, 2009.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AD%A6%E8%97%A4%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A9-1114426 Mutô Nobuyoshi]," ''20-seiki Nihon jinmei jiten'', Nichigai Assoc., 2004.
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*''Born: [[1868]]/5/26''
*''Died: 1933/7/28''
*''Japanese'': [[武藤]]信義 ''(Mutou Nobuyoshi)''
Mutô Nobuyoshi was a prominent military officer and official of the [[Meiji period|Meiji]] through early Shôwa periods.
Born in [[Hizen province]] in [[1868]] the second son of a [[Saga han]] samurai, Mutô went on to graduate from the Military Academy in [[1892]], and Army University in [[1899]]. He served as a Second Lieutenant in the [[Sino-Japanese War]], and platoon chief of the 23rd infantry regiment in the [[Russo-Japanese War]], later serving as military officer attached to the Russian Legation, and as head of the secret service during the [[Siberian Intervention]].
Mutô became a junior chief of staff in 1922, and commander of the [[Kwantung Army]] (in [[Manchuria]]) in 1926. The following year, he was named Inspector General of Military Training. The puppet state of Manchukuo was officially established in 1932, and Mutô was named commander of the Kwantung Army again, as well as Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo and governor (''chôkan'') of the Kwantung Leased Territory. By the time of his death in 1933, Mutô had held the ranks of Field Marshal, and army general, and the title of Baron (''[[kazoku|danshaku]]''). He is buried at [[Gokoku-ji (Tokyo)|Gokoku-ji]] in Tokyo.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AD%A6%E8%97%A4%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A9-1114426 Mutô Nobuyoshi]," ''Nihon daihyakka zensho Nipponica'', Shogakukan.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AD%A6%E8%97%A4%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A9-1114426 Mutô Nobuyoshi]," ''Nihon jinmei daijiten'', Kodansha, 2009.
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%AD%A6%E8%97%A4%E4%BF%A1%E7%BE%A9-1114426 Mutô Nobuyoshi]," ''20-seiki Nihon jinmei jiten'', Nichigai Assoc., 2004.
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