General (Imperial Japanese Army)

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General (Imperial Japanese Army) was a senior commissioned officer rank in the Imperial Japanese Army, typically held by high-level commanders responsible for leading large formations and overseeing major military operations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military rank ⓘ
officer rank ⓘ
abolishedBecause dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Army after World War II ⓘ
abolishedIn 1945 ⓘ
appointedBy Emperor of Japan ⓘ
associatedInstitution Army General Staff (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
Imperial General Headquarters ⓘ
authorityScope national-level military operations ⓘ
theater-level command ⓘ
comparableForeignRank General (British Army) ⓘ
General (German Army) ⓘ
General (United States Army) ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
doctrineInfluence Imperial Japanese Army strategy and tactics ⓘ
equivalentRank O-10 rank (NATO code, approximate) ⓘ
full general ⓘ
higherRank none (highest regular army rank) ⓘ
insigniaType collar insignia ⓘ
shoulder boards ⓘ
lowerRank Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
partOf Imperial Japanese Army rank structure ⓘ
peacetimeRole high command and staff positions ⓘ
rankCategory flag officer equivalent ⓘ
rankClass senior commissioned officer ⓘ
rankGroup general officer ⓘ
responsibility command of large military formations ⓘ
oversight of corps and divisions ⓘ
planning major military operations ⓘ
strategic leadership ⓘ
serviceBranch Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
status abolished ⓘ
typicalCommandLevel army ⓘ
army group or area army ⓘ
major military district ⓘ
typicalPrerequisiteRank Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
usedDuringConflict First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
usedInPeriod Meiji period ⓘ
linked to: Meiji era

Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to: Showa era

Taishō period ⓘ
linked to: Taisho era
wartimeRole field command of large formations ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Field Marshal (Imperial Japanese Army) → aboveRank → General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
Chief of Staff, Japan Air Self-Defense Force → officeHolderRank → general (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) ⓘ
linked to: General (Imperial Japanese Army)
Chief of Staff, Ground Self-Defense Force → rankHeldByOfficeholder → General (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) ⓘ
linked to: General (Imperial Japanese Army)
Lieutenant General (Imperial Japanese Army) → higherRank → General (Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
Gensui → higherThan → taishō (general) in the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Gensui (元帥)
linked to: General (Imperial Japanese Army)
Admiral (JMSDF) → equivalentRank → General (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force) ⓘ
linked to: General (Imperial Japanese Army)