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Prince Ōyama Iwao (大山 巌, 12 November 1842 – 10 December 1916) was a Japanese field marshal, and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army. He was representative of the outstanding military commanders of the late modern period .
Description. Military officer and genro (elder statesman) Born in Kagoshima, a scion of the Kagoshima Clan. He was a cousin of Takamori Saigo. In 1870, he went over to France to study and observed the Franco-Prussian War. The following year, he returned to Japan.
Iwao Oyama (ēwä´ō ō´yämä), 1842–1916, Japanese field marshal. A native of Satsuma and a follower of Okubo Toshimichi, he worked to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate and restore the emperor. Made acting war minister in 1876, he was instrumental in putting down the Satsuma rebellion of 1877.
1904 Aug 25 - Sep 5. Battle of Liaoyang. Liaoyang, Liaoning, China. When the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) landed on the Liaodong Peninsula, Japanese General Ōyama Iwao divided his forces.
Oyama Iwao is a statesman and army officer in Meiji and Taisho eras. Oyama Iwao contributed to the foundation of the Japanese Army and went to the front in the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. He died in 1916 (5th year of Taisho) at the age of 74.
Prince Ōyama Iwao (大山 巌, 12 November 1842 – 10 December 1916) was a Japanese field marshal, and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army. He was representative of the outstanding military commanders of the late modern period.
The Japanese forces commanded by Field Marshal Ōyama Iwao consisted of 170,000 men in 170 battalions, organized into the Japanese 1st Army (General Kuroki Tamemoto) in the east, 2nd Army (General Oku Yasukata) in the west, and 4th Army (General Nozu Michitsura) in the center, and four reserve brigades.
