Yamagata Aritomo and Modern Military

Yamagata Aritomo

Regarded as the father of the modern Japanese army, Chōshū-born Yamagata Aritomo revolutionized military organization by introducing conscription and restructuring the armed forces along Prussian lines. As a dominant political figure, general, and two-time prime minister, he cemented military independence and exerted sweeping influence over state politics.

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1838	Birth of Yamagata Aritomo (Period: June 14, 1838 (Tensho 9, Leap April 22), Location: Kawashima, Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture)
1858	Enrollment in Shokasonjuku (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1858, Location: Choshu Domain, Hagi (Present-day Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture))
1863	Appointment as Military Inspector of the Kiheitai (Aritomo Yamagata, Age: 24 years old, Period: 1863, Location: Choshu Domain, Shimonoseki, etc.)
1864	Shimonoseki Campaign (Age: 26 years old, Period: August 1864, Location: Choshu Domain, Shimonoseki (Present-day Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture))
1866	Second Choshu Expedition (Age: 27 years old, Period: June 1866 – January 1867, Location: Around Choshu Domain; Present-day Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, Shimane, and Fukuoka Prefectures)
1868	Boshin War (Age: 29 years old, Period: January 1868 – June 1869, Location: Kyoto, Hokuriku, Tohoku, Hokkaido, and Various Parts of Japan) Marriage (Aritomo Yamagata, Tomoko Yamagata, Age: 29 years old, Period: 1868, Location: Exact Location Cannot Be Confirmed)
1869	Inspection Tour of Europe (Age: 30 years old, Period: 1869–1870, Location: Various European Countries)
1873	Enactment of the Conscription Law (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1873, Location: Nationwide, Japan)
1877	Satsuma Rebellion (Age: 38 years old, Period: February – September 1877, Location: Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima Prefectures, among Other Parts of Kyushu)
1878	Establishment of the Army General Staff Office and Appointment as the First Chief of General Staff (Aritomo Yamagata, Age: 39 years old, Period: 1878, Location: Tokyo)
1881	Political Crisis of 1881 (Age: 43 years old, Period: October 1881, Location: Tokyo)
1882	Involvement in the Enactment of the Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors (Age: 43 years old, Period: 1882, Location: Tokyo)
1883	Appointment as Home Minister and Organization of the Local System (Aritomo Yamagata, Age: 44 years old, Period: 1883–1890, Location: Tokyo and Across Japan)
1887	Enactment of the Peace Preservation Law and Suppression of the Freedom and People's Rights Movement (Age: 49 years old, Period: December 1887, Location: Various Parts of Japan Centered Around Tokyo)
1889	Formation of the First Yamagata Cabinet (Age: 51 years old, Period: December 24, 1889 – May 6, 1891, Location: Tokyo)
1893	Marriage (Aritomo Yamagata, Sadako Yoshida, Age: 54 years old, Period: Said to Have Cohabited / Had a Relationship Between 1893 and 1922, Location: Not Applicable Due to Absence of Formal Marital Relationship)
1894	First Sino-Japanese War (Age: 56 years old, Period: 1894–1895, Location: Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Liaodong Peninsula, Shandong Peninsula, Taiwan, etc.)
1896	Signing of the Yamagata–Lobanov Agreement (Age: 57 years old, Period: June 1896, Location: Moscow, Russian Empire)
1898	Formation of the Second Yamagata Cabinet (Age: 60 years old, Period: November 8, 1898 – October 19, 1900, Location: Tokyo)
1900	Establishment of Political Influence as a Genro (Age: 61 years old, Period: Early 1900s – 1922, Location: Political and Military Circles in Japan Centered Around Tokyo)
1904	Russo-Japanese War (Age: 65 years old, Period: February 1904 – September 1905, Location: Manchuria, Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, etc.)
1905	Hibiya Incendiary Incident (Age: 67 years old, Period: September 5–7, 1905, Location: Around Hibiya Park, Tokyo, etc.)
1912	Two-Division Expansion Problem (Age: 74 years old, Period: December 1912 – February 1913, Location: Tokyo)
1920	Court Incident of 1921 (Age: 81 years old, Period: 1920, Location: Imperial Court and Political Circles in Tokyo)
1922	Death of Yamagata Aritomo (Age: 83 years old, Period: February 1, 1922. Died at his villa "Kokian" in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture.) State Funeral (Age: 83 years old, Period: February 9, 1922, Location: Tokyo)

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The Qing Dynasty Court	Qianlong Emperor Jiaqing Emperor Daoguang Emperor Xianfeng Emperor Tongzhi Emperor Guangxu Emperor Xuantong Emperor Puyi Empress Dowager Cixi Prince Gong Prince Chun Zaifeng
First Sino-Japanese War	Yamagata Aritomo Oyama Iwao Togo Heihachiro Nogi Maresuke Kodama Gentaro Ito Sukeyuki Kabayama Sukenori Komura Jutaro Katsura Taro Terauchi Masatake Emperor Meiji

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