Yamamoto Gonnohyōe
Junior First Rank Admiral Count Yamamoto Gonnohyōe | |
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山本 権兵衛 | |
| Prime Minister of Japan | |
| In office 2 September 1923 – 7 January 1924 | |
| Monarch | Taishō |
| Regent | Hirohito |
| Preceded by | Katō Tomosaburō Uchida Kōsai (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kiyoura Keigo |
| In office 20 February 1913 – 16 April 1914 | |
| Monarch | Taishō |
| Preceded by | Katsura Tarō |
| Succeeded by | Ōkuma Shigenobu |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 2 September 1923 – 19 September 1923 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Uchida Kōsai |
| Succeeded by | Ijūin Hikokichi |
| Minister of the Navy | |
| In office 8 November 1898 – 7 January 1906 | |
| Prime Minister | Yamagata Aritomo Itō Hirobumi Katsura Tarō |
| Preceded by | Saigō Jūdō |
| Succeeded by | Saitō Makoto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yamamoto Gonbē 26 November 1852 Kagoshima, Satsuma, Japan |
| Died | 8 December 1933 (aged 81) Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Cause of death | Benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| Resting place | Aoyama Cemetery |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) |
Yamamoto Tokiko
(m. 1878; died 1933) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Japanese Naval Academy |
| Awards | Order of the Chrysanthemum (Collar and Grand Cordon) Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) Order of St Michael and St George (Honorary Knight Grand Cross) |
| Signature | |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Years of service | 1874–1914 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Battles/wars | Boshin War First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War |
Count Yamamoto Gonbē[a] GCMG, also called Gonnohyōe[b] (山本 権兵衛, Yamamoto Gonbee/Gonnohyōe, 26 November 1852 – 8 December 1933), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and twice Prime Minister of Japan from 1913 to 1914 and again from 1923 to 1924.
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- ↑ Kindaichi, Haruhiko; Akinaga, Kazue, eds. (10 March 2025). 新明解日本語アクセント辞典 (in Japanese) (2nd ed.). Sanseidō.
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