秋山好古 Yoshifuru Akiyama

日露戦争において当時最強といわれたロシアの騎兵集団を、
日本騎兵を以って破り、 日本騎兵創設の父と言われる。
司馬遼太郎の小説「坂の上の雲」の主人公の一人。


Yoshifuru Akiyama
Akiyama was active in the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 as a cavalry regimental commander in the IJA 1st Division, and served in the subsequent Boxer Rebellion with the IJA 5th Division. In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, he led his troops in the Battle of Shaho, Battle of Sandepu, and in the Battle of Mukden.

Akiyama became commander of the IJA 13th Division in 1913, and after his promotion to full general in 1916, was given command of the Imperial Guards Division. The following year, he was assigned command of the Chosen Army. In 1920, he became Director General for Military Education.

After he retired from military service in 1923, he returned to his native island of Shikoku and became the principal of the Hokuyo Junior High School (present-day Matsuyama High School). Akiyama died in 1930, and his grave is in Matsuyama.

Akiyama is the main character in Saka no ue no kumo, a novel by Shiba Ryotaro,

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