Baron , also known as Teibi Andō, was a general in the

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and 6th

Governor-General of Taiwan The governor-general of Taiwan ( ja, 臺灣總督, Taiwan Sōtoku) was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era (including Formosa and the Pescadores) when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945. The ...

from 30 April 1915 to 6 June 1918.

Biography

''Incorporates translations from the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia article'' Andō was a native of Iida city in Shinano Province (present-day Nagano Prefecture). He was born to a ''

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'' family; his father was a retainer of the

Matsumoto Domain 250px, Matsumoto Castle, administrative headquarters of Matsumoto Domain was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan. It is located in Shinano Province, Honshū. The domain was centered at Matsumoto Castle, located in ...

. Andō entered the ''Osaka Rikugun Hei-gakko'' (the forerunner of the

Imperial Japanese Army Academy The was the principal officer's training school for the Imperial Japanese Army. The programme consisted of a junior course for graduates of local army cadet schools and for those who had completed four years of middle school, and a senior course f ...

) in 1871 and was commissioned as a

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in the

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in June 1872. Promoted lieutenant in November 1874, he was wounded while participating with the pro-Imperial forces in the

Satsuma Rebellion The Satsuma Rebellion, also known as the was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government, nine years into the Meiji Era. Its name comes from the Satsuma Domain, which had been influential in the Restoration and b ...

after which he was promoted to captain in May 1877. After returning to the

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, he was promoted to major in February 1883, remaining within the IJA 2nd Division. Andō's rise through the ranks was thereafter steady, with promotions to lieutenant-colonel in April 1891 and to colonel on 1 December 1894. He served as Commandant at both the Imperial Japanese Army Academy and at the Army Staff College. He was promoted to

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when the 2nd Division was assigned to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

on 1 October 1898. Andō was later active in the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

. He was promoted to lieutenant-general and given command of the

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from 15 January 1905. He was thus at the crucial Battle of Mukden. On 12 September 1908, Andō was elevated to the title of ''danshaku'' ( baron) in the ''

kazoku The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. They succeeded the feudal lords () and court nobles (), but were abolished with the 1947 constitution. Kazoku ( 華族) should not be confused with ...

'' peerage system. In 1911, he was transferred to command the IJA 12th Division, and in 1913 became commander of the Chōsen Army in

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. On 30 April 1915, he replaced Gen. Samata Sakuma as

, and held that position to June 1918.Wendel, Axis History Factbook The

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, a large scale uprising against Japanese rule, occurred during his tenure. Work also began on the development of Taiwan's forest resources on

Taiping __NOTOC__ Taiping, Tai-p’ing, or Tai Ping most often refers to: Chinese history * Princess Taiping (died 713), Tang dynasty princess * Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), civil war in southern China ** Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864), the re ...

and

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s, as well as construction on the

Yilan Yilan may refer to: China * Yilan County, Heilongjiang (依兰县), county of central Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China * Yilan Town, Heilongjiang (依兰镇), seat of Yilan County * Yilan, Jilin (依兰镇), town in Yanji Taiwan ...

and Pingtung railway lines. He entered the reserves in August 1918 and retired from the army in April 1923. Andō was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon) posthumously.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ando, Teibi 1853 births 1932 deaths Japanese generals Governors-General of Taiwan People from Iida, Nagano Kazoku Japanese military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War People of Meiji-period Japan Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun Recipients of the Order of the Golden Kite

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