Yamanashi Hanzō

Yamanashi Hanzō
山梨 半造
General Yamanashi Hanzō
6th Governor-General of Korea
In office
10 December 1927  17 August 1929
Preceded byUgaki Kazushige
Succeeded bySaitō Makoto
MonarchHirohito
15th Army Minister
In office
9 June 1921  2 September 1923
MonarchTaishō
Prime MinisterTakahashi Korekiyo
Katō Tomosaburō
Preceded byTanaka Giichi
Succeeded byTanaka Giichi
Personal details
Born(1864-04-06)6 April 1864
Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Died2 July 1944(1944-07-02) (aged 80)
Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Military career
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1886–1927
Rank General
Battles / wars

Yamanashi Hanzō (山梨 半造; 6 April 1864 – 2 July 1944) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Army Minister and Governor-General of Korea from 1927 to 1929.