Army Career
In 1873, Yamakawa was commissioned as an army major and served at Kumamoto. In 1874, he fought for the imperial side at the Saga Rebellion and was wounded. Promoted to lieutenant colonel, he served in the Satsuma Rebellion as a staff officer of the “2nd Independent Brigade,” and was trapped in Kumamoto Castle by the Satsuma forces, where he saved the life of Tani Tateki. For his actions there he was promoted to colonel in 1880, and soon after, to major general.
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