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30-590: Suzuki was born on 18 January 1868, in Izumi Province (present-day Sakai, Osaka ), the first son of local governor ( daikan ) of Sekiyado Domain Suzuki Yoshinori. He grew up in the city of Sekiyado, Shimōsa Province (present-day Noda , Chiba Prefecture ). Suzuki entered the 14th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy in 1884, graduating 13th of 45 cadets in 1887. Suzuki served on

60-452: A large portion of the Kansai region . Miyoshi Yoshikata (1527-1562), the younger brother of Miyoshi Nagayoshi made Kishiwada Castle his base and extensively rebuilt its fortifications. The Miyoshi also developed Sakai into an international port and profited greatly from trade. Miyoshi rule proved to be short-lived and by the 1560s the clan was in eclipse and Izumi Province had collapsed into

90-552: A patchwork of local strongmen. It became a battleground between the forces of Oda Nobunaga and the followers of the Saiga Ikki , local followers of the Ikkō-ikki movement, who sought to overthrow the feudal system and establish a theocratic republic, and later under Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the base for his conquest of Kii Province. During this period, Sakai was ruled by a councilor oligarchs, and became very rich on trade with China and

120-426: A province named Izumi-gen ( 和泉監 ) . The name "Izumi" means "fountain" or "spring" ( 泉 ) , but is written with two characters, the character for "peace" ( 和 ) being prepended due to an imperial edict in 713. This character does not play into the reading. An imperial villa, Chinu Palace ( 茅渟宮 , Chinu no Miya , also known as "Izumi Palace") was in the area, and it seems that this has something to do with

150-469: Is marked with a stone monument. The provincial temple of Izumi, the Izumi Kokubun-ji was also located in the city of Izumi. There is no record of a provincial nunnery. The Engishiki record of 927 AD lists one major and 52 minor Shinto shrines in the province. The major shrine is the Ōtori taisha , located in what is now Nishi-ku, Sakai . This was also the ichinomiya of the province. During

180-524: The February 26 Incident in 1936; the would-be assassin's bullet remained inside his body for the rest of his life, and was only revealed upon his cremation . Suzuki was opposed to Japan's war with the United States, before and throughout World War II . On 7 April 1945, Prime Minister Kuniaki Koiso resigned and Suzuki was appointed to take his place at the age of seventy-seven. He simultaneously held

210-635: The First Sino-Japanese War , commanding a torpedo boat and participated in a night torpedo assault in the Battle of Weihaiwei in 1895. Afterwards, he was promoted to lieutenant commander on 28 June 1898 after graduation from the Naval Staff College and assigned to a number of staff positions including that of naval attaché to Germany from 1901 to 1903. On his return, he was promoted to commander on 26 September 1903. He came to be known as

240-837: The Heian period , Izumi was dominated by shōen landed estates, the largest of which was the Hine shōen , which was controlled by the aristocratic Kujō family . During the Muromachi period , the Ashikaga clan appointed the Hosokawa clan as shugo of Izumi Province. In the early 15th century, the Miyoshi clan (from Awa Province in Shikoku ) invaded and defeated the Hosokawa clan and their proxies, and became rulers over

270-521: The Maizuru Naval District . Suzuki became Vice Minister of the Navy from 1914 to 1917, during World War I . Promoted to vice admiral on 1 June 1917, he brought the cruisers Asama and Iwate to San Francisco in early 1918 with 1,000 cadets, and was received by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William Fullam . The Japanese cruisers then proceeded to South America . After stints as Commandant of

300-399: The corvettes Tsukuba , Tenryū and cruiser Takachiho as a midshipman . On being commissioned as ensign , he served on the corvette Amagi , cruiser Takao , corvette Jingei , ironclad Kongō , and gunboat Maya . After his promotion to lieutenant on 21 December 1892, he served as chief navigator on the corvettes Kaimon , Hiei , and Kongō . Suzuki served in

330-557: The tenryō and holdings of the various daimyō from other areas. The northern border the province with Settsu was adjusted in 1870 with part of the area of Sumiyoshi District of Settsu Province added into Ōtori District. The border was changed from roads of Ōshōji and Nagao Kaidō in Sakai to the Yamato River . Also in 1870, Mikami Domain in Ōmi Province relocated its seat to Yoshimi in Izumi, and

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360-599: The Europeans. It was also a center for matchlock rifle production. Under the Tokugawa shogunate , the port of Sakai came under the rule of the Osaka machi-bugyō , and the province itself was divided into a patchwork of holdings directly by the shogunate ( tenryō ) or various daimyō Following the Meiji restoration , Sakai became "Sakai Prefecture" in 1868 and gradually absorbed all of

390-649: The Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, Commander of the IJN 2nd Fleet , then the IJN 3rd Fleet , then Kure Naval District , he became a full admiral on 3 August 1923. Suzuki became Commander in Chief of Combined Fleet in 1924. After serving as Chief of Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff from 15 April 1925 to 22 January 1929, he retired and accepted the position as Privy Councillor and Grand Chamberlain from 1929 to 1936. Suzuki narrowly escaped assassination in

420-591: The borders of the Kure Naval District, but did not come under the command of Kure Naval District itself. In 1920, the Imperial Japanese Navy established its main submarine base and submarine warfare training school in Kure. An air wing was established in 1932, and a telecommunications center in 1937. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Kure Naval District encompassed the following Kure

450-474: The largest shipyards in Japan for the construction of large capital ships . The facilities of Kure Naval District included armories, production factories for torpedoes , naval mines and naval artillery (and associated ammunition), and also a naval hospital and training centers. The Imperial Japanese Naval Academy and Naval Staff College were relocated from Tokyo to nearby Etajima , and thus also came within

480-587: The leading torpedo warfare expert in the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the Russo-Japanese War , Suzuki commanded Destroyer Division 2 in 1904, which picked up survivors of the Port Arthur Blockade Squadron during the Battle of Port Arthur . He was appointed executive officer of the cruiser Kasuga on 26 February 1904, aboard which he participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea . During

510-463: The local residents were opposed to this change, so the area was restored to Settsu on 8 August the same year. The provincial capital of Izumi was located in what is now the Fuchu neighborhood of the city of Izumi, Osaka . 34°29′7.97″N 135°25′45.16″E  /  34.4855472°N 135.4292111°E  / 34.4855472; 135.4292111  ( 和泉国府跡：府中遺跡 ) ) The site has been excavated and

540-623: The military faction of the cabinet, who desired to continue the war in hopes of negotiating a more favorable peace agreement. Part of this faction attempted to assassinate Suzuki twice in the Kyūjō Incident on the morning of 15 August 1945. After the surrender of Japan became public, Suzuki resigned and Prince Higashikuni became the next prime minister. Suzuki was the Chairman of the Privy Council from 7 August 1944 to 7 June 1945 and again after

570-408: The nation’s resources, the province had 352 villages with a total kokudaka of 170,885 koku . Izumi Province consisted of: The districts were reduced from four to two on April 1, 1896: [REDACTED] Media related to Izumi Province at Wikimedia Commons Kure Naval District Kure Naval District ( 呉鎮守府 , Kure chinjufu ) was the second of four main administrative districts of

600-573: The navy in 1886, Japan was divided into five naval districts for recruiting and supply. During the administrative re-organization of the Japanese Navy in 1889, Kure was designated as the "Second Naval District" (第二海軍区, dai-ni kaigunku ), and its harbor was dredged, a breakwater constructed and docking facilities for warships were established. The following year, work began on the Kure Naval Arsenal , which would eventually expand to become one of

630-507: The pivotal Battle of Tsushima , Suzuki was commander of Destroyer Division 4 under the IJN 2nd Fleet , which assisted in sinking the Russian battleship Navarin . After the war, Suzuki was promoted to captain on 28 September 1907 and commanded the destroyer Akashi (1908), followed by the cruiser Soya (1909), battleship Shikishima (1911) and cruiser Tsukuba (1912). Promoted to rear admiral on 23 May 1913 and assigned to command

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660-725: The portfolios for Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Greater East Asia . Prime Minister Suzuki contributed to the final peace negotiations with the Allied Powers in World War II. He was involved in calling two unprecedented imperial conferences which helped resolve the split within the Japanese Imperial Cabinet over the Potsdam Declaration . He outlined the terms to Emperor Hirohito who had already agreed to accept unconditional surrender . This went strongly against

690-587: The pre-war Imperial Japanese Navy . Its territory included the Inland Sea of Japan and the Pacific coasts of southern Honshū from Wakayama to Yamaguchi prefectures , eastern and northern Kyūshū and Shikoku . The area of the Kure Naval District encompassed Hashirajima Anchoring Area located at the south end of Hiroshima Bay, 30-40 kilometers southwest of Kure. When not in need of repairs ships usually anchored in this area to free up pier space at Kure. Hashirajima

720-398: The surrender of Japan from 15 December 1945 to 13 June 1946. Suzuki died of natural causes on 17 April, 1948. His grave is in his home town of Noda, Chiba. One of his two sons became director of Japan's immigration service, while the other was a successful lawyer. From the corresponding Japanese Misplaced Pages article Izumi Province Izumi Province ( 和泉国 , Izumi no kuni )

750-547: The unusual classification of gen ( 監 ) : Yoshino-gen was the only other province with this designation. Afterwards, on 15 September 740, Izumi was abolished and merged back into Kawachi province. On 30 May 757, it was re-established with a normal province designation kuni ( 国 ) . According to the Nihon Kiryaku , on 21 April 825, four counties from Settsu Province : Higashinari , Nishinari , Kudara , and Sumiyoshi were incorporated into Izumi Province, but

780-620: Was a province of Japan in the area of southern Osaka Prefecture . It bordered on Kii to the south, Yamato and Kawachi to the east, and Settsu to the north. Its abbreviated form name was Senshū ( 泉州 ) . In terms of the Gokishichidō system, Izumi was one of the provinces of the Kinai circuit. Under the Engishiki classification system, Izumi was ranked as one of the "inferior countries" (下国) in terms of importance. The provincial capital

810-400: Was also a major staging area for fleet operations. Tokuyama port , was also part of Kure Naval District, and had the largest fuel depot in the Japanese Navy. The location of Kure within the sheltered Inland Sea of Japan was recognized of strategic importance in controlling the sea lanes around western Japan by the Meiji government and early Imperial Japanese Navy. With the formation of

840-496: Was heavily bombed by United States Navy and United States Army Air Forces bombers in the final stages of the Pacific War , and many of its facilities were destroyed. The Kure area came under occupation by Australian and British forces during the occupation of Japan , and was largely demilitarized . A small portion of the area continued to be occupied by the modern post-war Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force , which has preserved

870-606: Was located in the Fuchi neighborhood of what is now the city of Izumi . The ichinomiya of the province is the Ōtori taisha also located in Sakai . According to the Shoku Nihongi , the Izumi and Hine Districts were separated from Kawachi Province on 23 April 716; moreover, on 8 May that same year, the Ōtori District was also separated from Kawachi, and the three districts were made into

900-493: Was renamed "Yoshimi Domain" briefly before the abolition of the han system several months later in 1871. Yoshimi, Kishiwada and Hakata all became prefectures, which were then merged into Sakai Prefecture ( 堺県 , Sakai ken ) . Sakai Prefecture was merged into Nara Prefecture on April 18, 1876, but was subsequently transferred to Osaka Prefecture on February 21, 1881 Per the early Meiji period Kyudaka kyuryo Torishirabe-chō ( 旧高旧領取調帳 ) , an official government assessment of

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