Sano Tsuneha
Count Sano Tsuneha 佐野 常羽 | |
|---|---|
Rear Admiral | |
| Commands held | Tsugaru Haruna |
| Battles/wars | Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I |
Count Sano Tsuneha (佐野 常羽, Sano Tsuneha, 3 July 1871 – 25 January 1956) was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War I. He is also noted for his association with the early Scouting movement in Japan.
Biography
Early years
Sano was born in the
Sano was a graduate of the 18th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1891. He was ranked 20th in a class of 61 cadets. Sano performed his midshipman training on the corvettes Hiei and Musashi, and the cruiser Itsukushima. On commissioning to sub-lieutenant, he was assigned to the corvette Kohei and cruisers Naniwa, Matsushima, Saien and Tatsuta. After his promotion to lieutenant in 1897, he was sent to southern China during the height of the Boxer Rebellion of 1900-1901. On his return to Japan, he served on the cruisers Izumo and Asama.
Count
On the death of his father on 26 December 1902, he succeeded to the title of count (hakushaku) in the kazoku peerage. From 1903-1904, he served as chief gunnery officer on the cruiser Izumi.
Following Sano's promotion to lieutenant commander in 1904, he was assigned as aide-de-camp to Prince Yamashina Kikumaro for the duration of the Russo-Japanese War. After the war, he served in a number of staff positions, and was assigned as executive officer to the submarine tender Toyohashi in 1908. Promoted to commander in 1908, he was appointed naval attaché to Germany from 1911-1914. While living in Germany, Sano made frequent trips to England, where he became acquainted with the Scouting movement.
World War I
With the outbreak of
Scout Jamboree
In 1924, Japan fielded a full contingent of 25 to the 2nd World Scout Jamboree in Denmark. Sano was a participant, during which time he attended a Wood Badge course at Gilwell Park, marking the watershed for the first period of Japanese Scouting. Sano returned to Japan and created Japan's own training course at Lake Yamanaka, near the base of Mount Fuji, called Jisshu-sho, for both Cub and Scout leaders. The course is still used to this day, after completion of two preliminary courses, Koshu-kai and Kenshu-kai.
Sano then attended the
Death
Sano died in 1956.
References
- ^ 䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 [Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan] (PDF). Reinanzaka Scout Club (in Japanese). 2014-05-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-11.
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Imperial Japanese Navy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2007-08-25.