Kodama Gentarō
Former Minister of War of the Japanese Empire
Viscount Kodama Gentarō was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a government minister during the Meiji period. He was instrumental in establishing the modern Imperial Japanese military. Wikipedia
Born: April 14, 1852, Tokuyama, Yamaguchi
Died: July 23, 1906 (age 54 years), Tokyo, Japan
Children: Hideo Kodama
Previous office: Minister of War of the Japanese Empire (1900–1902)