Ando Sadami
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Baron Ando Sadami (安東貞美?); (20 October 1853 - 29 August 1932) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 6th Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 April 1915 to June 1918. He was also holder of the Order of the Golden Kite (3rd Degree). He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon) posthumously.
A native of Iida in Shinano province (present-day Nagano Prefecture), Ando was born to a samurai family; his father was a retainer of the Matsumoto domain. He entered the Osaka Rikugunhei Gakko (the forerunner of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy) in 1871 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the infantry. He participated in the Satsuma Rebellion, after which he was promoted to captain. After returning to the War Collage, he was commissions as a Major, remaining within the 2nd Infantry Division. His rise through the ranks was thereafter rapid, and he served as an instructor at both the Imperial Army Academy and at the War College. He was promoted to general when the 2nd Infantry Division was assigned to Taiwan in October, 1899. He was later active in the Russo-Japanese War.
On 12 September 1908, he was elevated to the title of danshaku (baron) in the kazoku peerage system. In 1911, he was transferred to command the 12th Infantry Division, and in 1913 became commander of the Chosen Army. On 30 April 1915, he replaced Sakuma Samata as Governor-General of Taiwan, and held that position to June 1918.
The Tapani Incident occurred during his tenure. Work also began on the development of forest resources on Taiping and Pashien Mountains, as well as construction on the Yilan and Pingtung railway lines.
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- Ching, Leo T.S., Becoming Japanese: Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity Formation. University of California Press (2001). ISBN: 0520225538
| edit | Japanese Governors-General of Taiwan |  |
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| Kabayama Sukenori • Katsura Taro • Nogi Maresuke • Kodama Gentarō • Sakuma Samata • Ando Sadami • Akashi Motojiro • Den Kenjiro • Uchida Kakichi • Takio Izawa • Mitsunoshin Kamiyama • Takeji Kawamura • Eizo Ishizuka • Masahiro Ota • Hiroshi Minami • Kenzo Nakagawa • Seizo Kobayashi • Kiyoshi Hasegawa • Rikichi Ando | ||
