Gensui (元帥)

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Gensui (元帥) was the highest military rank in the Imperial Japanese armed forces, roughly equivalent to a field marshal, bestowed as an honorific title for exceptional command and service.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Imperial Japanese military rank ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
military rank ⓘ
abolishedWith dissolution of Imperial Japanese armed forces after World War II ⓘ
appliesTo Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
associatedWithConflict First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
conferredFor distinguished service ⓘ
exceptional command ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
equivalentTo field marshal ⓘ
five-star rank ⓘ
higherThan taishō (admiral) in the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
taishō (general) in the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
historicalEra Meiji period ⓘ
linked to: Meiji era

Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to: Showa era

Taishō period ⓘ
linked to: Taisho era
honorificNature not part of normal promotion ladder ⓘ
insigniaType special marshal-style insignia ⓘ
kanjiForm 元帥 ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
notableHolder Hajime Sugiyama ⓘ
Hisaichi Terauchi ⓘ
Isoroku Yamamoto ⓘ
Nogi Maresuke ⓘ
Osami Nagano ⓘ
Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu ⓘ
Prince Kan’in Kotohito ⓘ
Shunroku Hata ⓘ
Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ
linked to: Heihachiro Togo

Yamagata Aritomo ⓘ
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe ⓘ
Ōyama Iwao ⓘ
promotionType honorary promotion ⓘ
rankClass flag officer rank ⓘ
general officer rank ⓘ
romanization Gensui ⓘ
selectionBasis personal appointment by the Emperor of Japan ⓘ
status obsolete rank ⓘ
symbolizes supreme military prestige in Imperial Japan ⓘ
usedAs highest military rank in the Imperial Japanese armed forces ⓘ
usedByBranch Imperial Japanese Army General Staff ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff ⓘ
writingSystem kanji ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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Ōyama Iwao → militaryRank → Gensui (Field Marshal) ⓘ
linked to: Gensui (元帥)
Yamamoto Gonnohyōe → honorificTitle → Gensui (Marshal Admiral) ⓘ
linked to: Gensui (元帥)
Shunroku Hata → militaryRank → Gensui (Japan) ⓘ
linked to: Gensui (元帥)
Nozu Michitsura → militaryRank → Gensui (Field Marshal of the Imperial Japanese Army) ⓘ
linked to: Gensui (元帥)
Hajime Sugiyama → militaryRank → Gensui (Marshal) of the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
linked to: Gensui (元帥)
Taishō (Imperial Japanese Navy rank) → promotionTo → gensui kaigun taishō (marshal-admiral, by special appointment) ⓘ
linked to: Gensui (元帥)