Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)

, formal rank designations: was the highest rank in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The term was used for both the navy and the Imperial Japanese Army, and was a largely honorific title awarded for extremely meritorious service to the Emperor. In the Meiji period, the title was awarded to five generals and three admirals. In the Taishō period it was awarded to six generals and six admirals, and in the Shōwa period it was awarded to six generals and four admirals. It was similar to Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy and Fleet admiral in the United States Navy.

List of Kaigun-gensui Note that several were promoted the same year they died; these were posthumous promotions.

Portrait Name Appointed Retired Origin MarquessSaigō Tsugumichi 20 January 1898 1898 Kagoshima CountItō Sukeyuki 31 January 1906 16 January 1914 † ViscountInoue Yoshika 31 October 1911 22 March 1929 † MarquessTōgō Heihachirō 21 April 1913 30 May 1934 † PrinceArisugawa Takehito 7 July 1913 10 July 1913 † Imperial Family BaronIjūin Gorō 26 May 1917 13 January 1921 † Kagoshima PrinceHigashifushimi Yorihito 27 June 1922(posthumous) Imperial Family BaronShimamura Hayao 8 January 1923(posthumous) Kōchi BaronKatō Tomosaburō 23 August 1923 24 August 1923 † Hiroshima PrinceFushimi Hiroyasu 27 May 1932 1945 Imperial Family Yamamoto Isoroku 18 April 1943(posthumous) Nagaoka Nagano Osami 21 June 1943 1945 Kōchi Koga Mineichi 31 March 1944(posthumous) Arita

Gensui (Imperial Japanese Navy)

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