Who's Who in the Far East/YAMAGATA, Marshal Marquis Aritomo
YAMAGATA, Marshal Marquis Aritomo (TOKYO), O.M.; Elder Statesman, Privy Councillor. Fought with the Imperial forces during war of Restoration; apptd. Major-General and Junior Vice-Minister of War; promoted Lieut.-General, 1872; Minister of War, 1873; Chief-of-Staff of Imperial army during Civil War of 1877: held portfolios of Heine Affairs and Justice; reformed system of local govt. and effected sweeping judicial reforms; visited Europe and America, 1888-9; took command of First Army at commencement of Chino-Japan war; cr. Marquis, 1895; attended Coronation of Czar Nicholas, 1896; concluded Yamagata-Lobanow Convention with Russia in connection with Corea; has been Prime Minister on several occasions; succeeded Marshal Oyama as Chief of General-Staff 1904; accorded Order of Merit, May, 1906. Decorations: Grand Cordon; Order of Merit. Address: Tokyo, Japan.