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Terauchi Masatake ( ja, 寺内正毅), GCB (5 February 1852 – 3 November 1919), was a Japanese military officer,

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and politician. He was a '' Gensui'' (or

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) in the

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and the

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from 1916 to 1918.

Biography

Military career

Terauchi Masatake was born in Hirai Village, Suo Province (present-day Yamaguchi city,

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), and was the third son of Utada Masasuke, a

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in the service of

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. He was later adopted by a relative on his mother's side of the family, Terauchi Kanuemon, and changed his family name to "Terauchi". As a youth, he was a member of the

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militia from 1864, and fought in the

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against the

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from 1867, most notably at the Battle of Hakodate. After the victory at Hakodate, he travelled to

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, where he joined the Ministry of War and was drilled by French instructors in Western weaponry and tactics. He became a member of

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's personal guard in 1870 and travelled with the Emperor to

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. He left military service in 1871 to pursue language studies, but was recalled with the formation the fledgling

in 1871 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant after attending the Army's Toyama School. He was appointed to the staff of the new

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in 1873. he fought in the

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in 1877 and was injured and lost his right hand during the Battle of Tabaruzaka. His

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did not prove to be an impediment to his future military and political career. In 1882, he was sent to France as aide-de-camp to

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and was appointed a

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the following year. He remained in France for studies until 1886. On his return to Japan, he was appointed deputy secretary to the Minister of the Army. In 1887, he became commandant of the Army Academy. In 1891, he was chief of staff to the IJA 1st Division and in 1892 was Chief of the First Bureau (Operations) of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff. With the start of the

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in 1894, Terauchi was appointed Secretary of Transportation and Communication for the

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, which made him responsible for all movement of troops and supplies during the war. In 1896, he was assigned command of the IJA 3rd Infantry Brigade. In 1898, he was promoted to become the first Inspector General of Military Training, which he made one of the three highest positions in the army. In 1900, he became Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, and went to China to personally oversee Japanese force during the

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Political career

Generals Terauchi and Kodama at Russo-Japanese War

Terauchi was appointed as Minister of the Army in 1901, during the first Katsura administration. The

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(1904–1905) occurred during his term in office. After the Japanese victory in the war, he was ennobled with the title of ''danshaku'' (

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) in the ''

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'' peerage. He was also made a chairman of the South Manchurian Railway Company in 1906.In 1907, in recognition of the four wars he had served in, his peerage title was elevated to that of ''shishaku'' (

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), He continued in office as Army Minister under the first Saionji administration and the second Katsura administration from July 1908 to August 1911.

Korean Resident-General

Following the assassination of former

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by a Korean nationalist, Joong-Geun Ahn in October 1909, Terauchi was appointed to replace Sone Arasuke as the third and last

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in May 1910. As Resident-General, he executed the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty in August of the same year, and he thus became the first Japanese

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. In this position, he reported directly to the Emperor and as

had wide-ranging powers ranging from legislative, administrative, and judicial to effect changes and reforms. The annexation of Korea by Japan and subsequent policies introduced by the new government was highly unpopular with the majority of the Korean population, and Terauchi (who concurrently maintained his position as Army Minister) employed military force to maintain control. However, he preferred to use the deep historical and cultural ties between Korea and Japan as justification for the eventual goal of complete assimilation of Korea into the Japanese mainstream. To this end, thousands of schools were built across Korea. Although this contributed greatly to an increase in literacy and the educational standard, the curriculum was centered on

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and

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, with the intent of assimilation of the populace into loyal subjects of the

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. Other of Terauchi's policies also had noble goals but unforeseen consequences. For example,

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was desperately needed in Korea. The Korean land ownership system was a complex system of absentee landlords, partial owner-tenants, and cultivators with traditional but without legal proof of ownership. Terauchi's new Land Survey Bureau conducted

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s that reestablished ownership by basis of written proof (deeds, titles, and similar documents). Ownership was denied to those who could not provide such written documentation (mostly lower class and partial owners, who had only traditional verbal "cultivator rights"). Although the plan succeeded in reforming land ownership/taxation structures, it added tremendously to Korean hostility, bitterness, and resentment towards Japanese administration by enabling a huge amount of Korean land (roughly 2/3 of all privately-owned lands by some estimates) to be seized by the government and sold to Japanese developers. In recognition of his work in Korea, his title was raised to that of ''hakushaku'' (

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) in 1911.

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, who visited Korea and met Count Terauchi in 1912, wrote as follows: ''

As Prime Minister

In June 1916, Terauchi he received his promotion to the largely ceremonial rank of '' Gensui'' (or

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). In October, he became Prime Minister, and concurrently held the cabinet posts of

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and

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. His cabinet consisted solely of career bureaucrats as he distrusted career civilian politicians. During his tenure, Terauchi pursued an aggressive foreign policy. He oversaw the

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(made to support the Chinese warlord

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in exchange for confirmation of Japanese claims to parts of

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and increased rights in

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) and the Lansing–Ishii Agreement (recognizing Japan's special rights in China). Terauchi upheld Japan's obligations to the

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under the

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, dispatching ships from the

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to the

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and

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, and seizing control of German colonies in

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and the

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. After the war, Japan joined the

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in the

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(whereby Japan sent troops into

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in support of White Russian forces against the

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in the

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). In September 1918, Terauchi resigned his office, due to the rice riots that had spread throughout Japan due to

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; he died the following year. His decorations included the

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(1st class) and

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(1st Class). The

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doll, which was a Kewpie-like fad toy invented in 1908 and was very popular in Japan, lent its name to the Terauchi administration, partly due to the doll's uncanny resemblance to Count Terauchi's bald head.

Legacy

Terauchi's eldest son,

Terauchi Hisaichi, was the commander of the Imperial Japanese Army's

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during

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. The 2nd Count Terauchi also held the rank of ''Gensui'' (or

) like his father. Terauchi's eldest daughter married Count

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, the son of General

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Honours

''From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia''

Peerages

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(21 September 1907) *

(21 April 1911)

Japanese decorations

* 1892 –

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, 3rd class * 1894 – JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 4Class BAR

, 4th class * 1895 – JPN Kinshi-kunsho 3Class BAR

, 3rd class * 1895 – JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 3Class BAR

, 3rd class * 1899 - JPN Zuiho-sho (WW2) 2Class BAR

Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd class * 1901 – JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 1Class BAR

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun * 1901 – JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 4Class BAR

, 4th class * 1906 – JPN Kinshi-kunsho 1Class BAR

Order of the Golden Kite, 1st class * 1906 – JPN Toka-sho BAR

Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers * 1919 – JPN Daikun'i kikkasho BAR

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (posthumous)

Foreign decorations (partial list)

* 1886 –

France -

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, Chevalier * 1891 – Legion Honneur Officier ribbon

France -

, Officier * 1894 – Order of the Medjidie lenta

Ottoman Empire -

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, Commandeur * 1897 – RUS Order św

- Russia -

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, 1st class * 1897 – Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon

France -

, Commandeur * 1906 –

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of the

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(GCB) (15 March 1906) * 1907 – Order of the Dragon of Annam Knight ribbon

Annam -

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, Commander 『官報』第4192号「叙任及辞令」June 24, 1891

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