Iwane Matsui
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1878-07-27 ) July 27, 1878, Nagoya , Aichi, Japan
- Died
- December 23, 1948 (1948-12-23) (aged 70), Sugamo Prison , Tokyo, Japan
- Allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- Branch
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Service years
- 1897–1938
- Rank
- General
- Unit
- 6th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division
- Commands
- 11th Division Taiwan Army of Japan Shanghai Expeditionary Army Central China Area Army
- Conflicts
- Russo-Japanese War Siberian Intervention Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Shanghai Defense of Sihang Warehouse Battle of Nanking
- Awards
- Order of the Golden Kite First Class, Order of the Rising Sun First Class Order of the Sacred Treasure First Class, Victory Medal , Military Medal of Honor
- Spouse
- Fumiko Isobe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1912 )
- Other work
- President of the Greater Asia Association
- Cause of death
- Execution by hanging
- Criminal status
- Executed
- Conviction
- War crimes
- Trial
- International Military Tribunal for the Far East
- Criminal penalty
- Death
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Empire of Japan
- Place of death
- Sugamo Prison
- Occupation
- military officer
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Conflict
- Second Sino-Japanese War
- Military branch
- Imperial Japanese Army
- Image
- Iwane Matsui General c1933.png
- Convicted of
- war crime
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- Iwane Matsui
- date of death
- 1948-12-23
- date of birth
- 1878-07-27
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in kana
- まつい いわね
- name in native language
- 松井石根
- cause of death
- hanging to death
- allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- start of work period
- 1904-00-00
- end of work period
- 1937-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Iwane Matsui (松井 石根, Matsui Iwane; July 27, 1878 – December 23, 1948) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary force sent to China in 1937. He was convicted of war crimes and executed by the Allies for his involvement in the Nanjing Massacre.
Born in Nagoya, Matsui chose a military career and served in combat during the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05). He volunteered for an overseas assignment there shortly after graduating from the Army War College in 1906. As Matsui rose through the ranks, he earned a reputation as the Japanese Army's foremost expert on China, and he was an ardent advocate of pan-Asianism. He played a key role in founding the influential Greater Asia Association.
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