, formal rank designations: was the highest rank in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The term was used for both the navy and the Imperial Japanese Army, and was a largely honorific title awarded for extremely meritorious service to the Emperor. In the Meiji period, the title was awarded to five generals and three admirals. In the Taishō period it was awarded to six generals and six admirals, and in the Shōwa period it was awarded to six generals and four admirals. It was similar to Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy and Fleet admiral in the United States Navy.
List of Kaigun-gensui
Note that several were promoted the same year they died; these were posthumous promotions.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Portrait
! Name<br />
! Appointed
! Retired
! Origin
!
|-
| 75px
| Marquess<br />Saigō Tsugumichi<br />
| 20 January 1898
| 1898
| rowspan=4| Kagoshima
|
|-
| 75px
| Count<br />Itō Sukeyuki<br />
| 31 January 1906
| 16 January 1914 †
|
|-
| 75px
| Viscount<br />Inoue Yoshika<br />
| 31 October 1911
| 22 March 1929 †
|
|-
| 75px
| Marquess<br />Tōgō Heihachirō<br />
| 21 April 1913
| 30 May 1934 †
|
|-
| 75px
| Prince<br />Arisugawa Takehito<br />
| 7 July 1913
| 10 July 1913 †
| Imperial Family
|
|-
| 75px
| Baron<br />Ijūin Gorō<br />
| 26 May 1917
| 13 January 1921 †
| Kagoshima
|
|-
| 75px
| Prince<br />Higashifushimi Yorihito<br />
| colspan=2| 27 June 1922<br />(posthumous)
| Imperial Family
|
|-
| 75px
| Baron<br />Shimamura Hayao<br />
| colspan=2| 8 January 1923<br />(posthumous)
| Kōchi
|
|-
| 75px
| Baron<br />Katō Tomosaburō<br />
| 23 August 1923
| 24 August 1923 †
| Hiroshima
|
|-
| 75px
| Prince<br />Fushimi Hiroyasu<br />
| 27 May 1932
| 1945
| Imperial Family
|
|-
| 75px
| Yamamoto Isoroku<br />
| colspan=2| 18 April 1943<br />(posthumous)
| Nagaoka
|
|-
|75px
| Nagano Osami<br />
| 21 June 1943
| 1945
| Kōchi
|
|-
| 75px
| Koga Mineichi<br />
| colspan=2| 31 March 1944<br />(posthumous)
| Arita
|
|}
See also
- Gensui (Imperial Japanese Army)
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Grand admiral
References
ja:元帥 (日本)