Yoneda Torao (Japanese: 米田虎雄) (March 10, 1839 – November 27, 1915) was an Imperial Japanese Army veteran of the Boshin War. He was born in Kumamoto Prefecture. He was Grand Chamberlain of Japan (1878-1884). He was recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun (2nd class, 1895; 1st class, 1915)[1][2] and the Order of the Sacred Treasure (3rd class, 1888; 1st class, 1908).[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "官報 第3704号 - 叙任及辞令" (Government Gazette #3704 – Appointments and Commissions), November 1 1895.
- ^ "官報 第998号 - 叙任及辞令" (Government Gazette #998 – Appointments and Commissions), November 29 1915.
- ^ "官報 第1650号 - 授爵叙任及辞令" (Government Gazette #1650 – Ennoblements, Appointments, and Commissions), December 27 1888.
- ^ 旧・勲一等瑞宝章受章者一覧 - 戦前の部 (List of Recipients of the former Order of the Sacred Treasure First Class – Prewar Section) Nakano Library
Bibliography edit
- Office of Historiography, ed. "百官履歴 下巻" (Curricula Vitae of All Government Officials – Volume 1), Nihon Shiseki Kyokai, 1928.
- Inamura, Tetsugen and others, "大正過去帳 - 物故人名辞典" (Taisho Death Records – Biographical Dictionary of Deceased Individuals), Tokyo Bijutsu, 1973.
- Historical Society of Japan, ed. "明治維新人名辞典" (Biographical Dictionary of the Meiji Restoration), Yoshikawa Kobunkan, 1981.
- Asahi Shimbun, "朝日日本歴史人物事典" (Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures), Asahi Shinbunsha 1994.
- Kasumi Kaikan Editorial Committee for a Complete Compilation of Genealogies of Peers, 平成新修旧華族家系大成 上巻 (Complete Compilation of the Genealogies of Former Peers: New Heisei Edition – Volume 1), Kasumi Kaikan, 1996.
- Hata, Ikuhiko, ed. "日本官僚制総合事典: 1868 – 2000" (Comprehensive Encyclopedia of the Japanese Bureaucracy: 1868 - 2000), Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 2001.
- Yasuoka, Akio, ed. "幕末維新大人名事典 上巻" (Great Biographical Dictionary of the late-Edo and Meiji Periods – Volume 1), Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 2010.