Army War College (Japan)

The army high school (Japanese陆军 大 学校, Rikugun Daigakkō ) was founded in 1882 as part of building a modern army in the Japanese Empire, in Tokyo's Aoyama district of Minato in today. Recorded were graduates of the Army Officers' School founded in 1874 who were at least 30 years old and had completed military service two years.

After the samurai had lost their status as a warrior caste, the country needed a new army. To this end, conscription was introduced and brought French military advisors into the country (see o- yatoi gaikokujin ). After the victory of Prussia in the Franco-German War of 1871, however, France lost in Japan 's reputation as the dominant military power, and the French officers were gradually replaced by German. Particularly successful work made ​​while the Major Klemens Wilhelm Jacob Meckel.

The Prime Minister Tanaka Giichi, Hayashi Senjūrō ​​, Nobuyuki Abe, Kuniaki Koiso and Higashikuni Naruhiko were graduates of the Academy, as well Pujie, designated by the Japanese heritage of the Manchu throne and brother of Puyi.

The army high school was disbanded after the surrender of Japan.