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Hongo Fusataro

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Hongo Fusataro (本郷 房太郎, Hongō Fusatarō; February 15, 1860 – March 20, 1931) was a Japanese general.[1] He was 71 when he died.

Hongo Fusataro

Life

Hongo Fusataro fought at Chinchow, Teilishih and Liiao-yuan in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05. During this time he was promoted to major general (1905) and to lieutenant general (1912). Hongo Fusataro was also War Vice-Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Forces in Tsingtao. Fusataro was then made a full general and a member of the Military Council in 1918.

General Hongo c. 1916

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