Aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Japan

In Japan, the aide-de-camp to the Emperor (侍従武官, jiju bukan) is a special military official whose primary duties are to report military affairs to the Emperor and act as a close attendant (chamberlain). From 1896 through to 1945, a small number of army and naval aides-de-camp were supplied to the Emperor due to his increased status and the risks to him during wartime.

Background[]

An excerpt from the 113th Imperial decree of Meiji-29 (1896) (明治29年勅令第113号):^[1]

Aides-de-camp to the Emperor will perform attendant duties and will relay to him military matters and orders, be present at military reviews [in his name] and accompanying him to formal ceremonies and interviews.

Both Prime Minister Kantarō Suzuki (鈴木貫太郎) and Anami Korechika (阿南惟幾), army ministers at the end of the war, are said to have contributed to the Potsdam Declaration acceptance by means of their responsibilities to Emperor Showa as the grand chamberlain and aide-de-camp to the Emperor in 1929 (Showa-4).

Moreover, to the Crown Prince, the Imperial Family, and the mediatized Korean royal family (Oukouzoku (王公族), the former Korean imperial family), aides-de-camp were also provided. The military officers serving the Oukouzoku wore silver aiguillettes over their uniform.

List of aides-de-camp[]

Senior Aide-de-camp to the Emperor[]

No.	Name	Portrait	Rank	Term of Office
				Start	End
1			Lieutenant general	3 April 1896	6 June 1904
			General	6 June 1904	December 1908
2	Nakamura Satoru		Lieutenant general	29 December 1908	August 1913
3	Uchiyama Kojirō		Lieutenant general	22 August 1913	10 August 1915
			General	10 August 1915	November 1922
4	Nara Takeji		Lieutenant general	24 November 1922	20 August 1924
			General	20 August 1924	April 1933
5	Honjō Shigeru		Lieutenant general	6 April 1933	19 June 1933
			General	19 June 1933	March 1936
6			Lieutenant general	23 March 1936	May 1939
7	Hata Shunroku		General	25 May 1939	August 1939
8			Lieutenant general	31 August 1939	2 December 1940
			General	2 December 1940	November 1945

See also[]

• Chamberlain of Japan, a similar title without military duties
• Imperial Household Agency

References[]

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