Inspectorate General of Military Training

The Inspectorate General of Military Training (教育総監部, Kyōiku sōkanbu) was a section of the Imperial Japanese Army charged with military education and training in the army, except military aviation training. It was headed by an inspector general who was responsible for overseeing technical and tactical training, and who reported directly to the Emperor of Japan via the Imperial General Headquarters rather than to the Army Minister or the Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office. The position of Inspector-General of Military Training was thus the third most powerful position within the Japanese Army.

History

The office of Inspectorate General of Military Training was established 20 January 1898, to provide a unified command for the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, and the various specialized weaponry and technical training schools, and the military preparatory schools located in various locations around the country. It also had broad powers of oversight over Army logistics, transportation, and support issues. Due to its political power, the post was highly sought after by Army senior leadership, and a factional dispute over succession was one of the triggering factors of the February 26 Incident. The post was abolished with the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Army after the surrender of Japan at the end of World War II.

Organization

Also from 1941, a 2nd Bureau was added to the organizational structure, to specialize in armored car training. However, military aviation always remained outside the jurisdiction of the Inspectorate.

List of Inspector-Generals of Military Training
NameFromTo
1Field Marshal Masatake Terauchi22 January 189825 April 1900
2Field Marshal Michitsura Nozu25 April 190014 January 1904
3Field Marshal Masatake Terauchi14 January 19049 May 1905
4General Kanjirō Nishi9 May 190521 December 1908
5General Hisanao Ōshima21 December 19086 September 1911
6General Nobuoki Asada6 September 191122 April 1914
7Field Marshal Yūsaku Uehara22 April 191417 December 1915
8General Hyōe Ichinohe17 December 191526 August 1919
9General Kikuzō Ōtani26 August 191928 December 1920
10General Yoshifuru Akiyama28 December 192017 March 1923
11General Jirō Ōba17 March 19232 March 1926
12General Shinnosuke Kikuchi2 March 192622 August 1927
13Field Marshal Baron Nobuyoshi Mutō22 August 192726 May 1932
14General Senjūrō Hayashi26 May 193223 January 1934
15General Jinzaburō Masaki23 January 193416 July 1935
16General Jōtarō Watanabe16 July 193526 February 1936
17General Yoshikazu Nishi26 February 19361 August 1936
18Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama1 August 19369 February 1937
19Field Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi9 February 193726 August 1937
20Field Marshal Shunroku Hata26 August 193714 February 1938
21General Rikichi Andō14 February 193830 April 1938
22General Toshizō Nishio30 April 193814 October 1940
23General Otozō Yamada14 October 194018 July 1944
24Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama18 July 194422 November 1944
25Field Marshal Shunroku Hata23 November 19447 April 1945
26General Kenji Doihara7 April 194525 August 1945
27General Sadamu Shimomura25 August 194515 October 1945

References
  • Edgerton, Robert B. (1999). Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military. Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-3600-7.
  • Harries, Meirion (1994). Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army. Random House. ISBN 0-679-75303-6.
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