Matsumoto Kazu
Matsumoto Kazu | |
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Vice Admiral | |
Commands held | Yaeyama, Itsukushima, Fuji Kure Naval District |
Battles/wars |
Matsumoto Kazu (松本和, 15 March 1860 – 20 January 1940) was a vice admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for his role in the Siemens scandal.
Biography
Matsumoto was born in Edo (now Tokyo) as the younger son of a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He graduated in 1880[2] from the 7th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, ranked 19 out of 30 cadets. He served on a number of ships in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, including the corvettes Tsukuba, Settsu, Ryūjō, and Tsukushi. Promoted to lieutenant in 1886, he graduated from the first class of the Naval Staff College in 1888. He was the chief navigator on the cruiser Itsukushima in 1891–1892 on its year-long voyage to France.[3]
Matsumoto then served in various postings within the
In June 1899, Matsumoto received his first command, that of the Yaeyama. He was promoted to captain three months later. He became commanding officer of Itsukushima in October 1903, and was given command of the battleship Fuji in September 1903.
During the Russo-Japanese War, Matsumoto participated at the
References
- ^ Nishida, Materials of the IJN
- ISBN 978-1-13-456515-3.
- ^ a b c Kowner, Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War, p. 223-224.
Sources
- Dupuy, Trevor N. (1992). Encyclopedia of Military Biography. I B Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-85043-569-3.
- Schencking, J. Charles (2005). Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergence Of The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868–1922. Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4977-9.
- ISBN 0-8108-4927-5.
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "People of the IJN". Imperial Japanese Navy. Retrieved 17 August 2022.