Kawamura Kageaki
Viscount Kawamura Kageaki was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army.Biography
Kawamura was born in Kagoshima in the Satsuma han feudal domain under the kazoku peerage system.
In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, Kawamura succeeded Prince Fushimi Sadanaru as commander of the Japanese 10th Division, and served notably as field commander at the Battle of Yalu River. In January 1905, being promoted to General, he was appointed Commander of the Japanese Fifth Army and took part in the Battle of Mukden. After Japan's victory, Emperor Meiji elevated him to the title of shishaku.
After the war, Kawamura served as chief of the Tokyo Garrison, and in 1915 he became a field marshal.
His Japanese decorations included the Order of the Golden Kite, Order of the Rising Sun and the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum.
Kawamura's grave is at Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo.
