Viscount Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a government minister during the Meiji period. He was instrumental in establishing the modern Imperial Japanese military.
General Viscount Kodama Gentarō
A bronze monument statue of Kodama Gentaro
The Army Ministry , also known as the Ministry of War, was the cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). It existed from 1872 to 1945.
HQ building of the Imperial Japanese Army, Tokyo, from 1937–1945
Image: Iwao Oyama 2 (cropped)
Image: Takashima Tomonosuke
Image: Iwao Oyama 2 (cropped)