Ōdera Yasuzumi

In this Japanese name, the surname is Ōdera.
Ōdera Yasuzumi
Major General Ōdera
Native name
大寺安純
Born(1846-03-09)March 9, 1846
Satsuma Domain, Japan
DiedFebruary 9, 1895(1895-02-09) (aged 48)
Weihai, Shandong Province, China
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Service years1871–1895
Rank Major General
Conflicts
AwardsOrder of the Rising Sun

Ōdera Yasuzumi (大寺安純; 9 March 1846 – 9 February 1895) was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army, and the highest ranking casualty on the Japanese side in the First Sino-Japanese War.

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