Prince Kan'in Kotohito

Prince Kan'in Kotohito (閑院宮載仁親王, Kan'in-no-miya Kotohito Shinnō OM?, November 10, 1865 – May 21, 1945), was the sixth head of a cadet branch the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940.

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