Tadashi Satō (politician) explained

Tadashi Satō (Nihongo: July 20, 1849 – April 27, 1920) was a Japanese Army officer and politician.

As a lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Japanese Army,[1] he was given command of the 18th Infantry Regiment on October 29, 1891. He was later promoted to colonel, and wounded in battle on March 4, 1895 during the First Sino-Japanese War.

As a politician, he was Mayor of Hiroshima from January 10 to April 20, 1896.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Benesch, Oleg . Inventing the Way of the Samurai. Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushidō in Modern Japan . OUP Oxford . 2014 . 9780191016738 . 106.