Toshinari Maeda
Japanese general
Marquess Toshinari Maeda (前田利為侯爵, Maeda Toshinari Kōshaku; 5 June 1885 – 5 September 1942), was a Japanese nobleman who was the 16th head of the Maeda family.2
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Born Jun 5, 1885, died Sep 5, 1942.1
About
He was a general and the first commander of the Japanese forces in northern Borneo (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, and North Borneo) in World War II.
From Wikipedia’s article on Toshinari Maeda, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Maeda IkutokukaiFounder12
Career
Occupation: military personnel, politician.6
- Date not recordedFounded Sonkeikaku Bunko3
- Date not recordedFounded Maeda Ikutokukai4
- Date not recordedMember of the House of Peers5
Personal life
Father: Maeda Toshiaki (1850-1896)
Foster Father: Maeda Toshitsugu (1858-1900)
Wives:
Maeda Namiko, Maeda Toshitsugu‘s daughter
Maeda Kikuko (1903-1986)
Children:
Toshitatsu Maeda (1908-1989) by Namiko
Sakai Miiko (1926–1999) married Sakai Tadamoto by Kikuko
Maeda Toshihiro (b.1929) by Kikuko
Yoko by Kikuko
Maeda's former home built in 1929 in Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, survives today as the historic centerpiece of Komaba Park. It was requisitioned by SCAP after the end of World War II for use as a residence by General Ennis Whitehead, commander of the 5th Air Force, and later by General Matthew Bunker Ridgway. In 1957, ownership was then transferred to Meguro Ward. Part of the grounds of the estate now host the Japan Museum of Modern Literature. Likewise, his former summer mansion in Kamakura (built in 1936) was used as a summer residence by Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Satō, and later donated to the city of Kamakura for use as the Kamakura Museum of Literature.
His daughter, Sakai Miiko (1926–1999), became a non-fiction author, writing several works on the kazoku and their tragic history in Shōwa period Japan.
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Awards
- Date not recordedOrder of the Rising Sun11
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- 1WikidataToshinari Maeda on Wikidata
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