Yoneda Torao ( ja, 米田虎雄) (March 10, 1839 – November 27, 1915) was an

Imperial Japanese Army The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor o ...

veteran of the Boshin War. He was born in

Kumamoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Kumamoto Prefecture has a population of 1,748,134 () and has a geographic area of . Kumamoto Prefecture borders Fukuoka Prefecture to the north, Ōita Prefecture to the northeast, M ...

. He was Grand

Chamberlain of Japan The is a department of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. History According to Taihō Code around the 8th century, it was presupposed that a chamberlain belonged to the Ministry of the Center. When the was installed during the Heian era, ...

(1878-1884). He was recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun (2nd class, 1895; 1st class, 1915) and the Order of the Sacred Treasure (3rd class, 1888; 1st class, 1908).旧・勲一等瑞宝章受章者一覧 - 戦前の部 (List of Recipients of the former Order of the Sacred Treasure First Class – Prewar Section)
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