Kesao Kijima

Kesao Kijima
Major General K. Kijima handing his sword to Captain W. Davies Aboard
Born20 November 1889
Died10 February 1965(1965-02-10) (aged 75)
AllegianceEmpire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Service years1911–1945
RankMajor General
CommandsIJA 17th Infantry Brigade
IJA 38th Independent Mixed Brigade
ConflictsSecond Sino-Japanese War
World War II

Kesao Kijima (木島 袈裟雄, Kijima Kesao; 20 November 1889 – 10 February 1965) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, commanding Japanese ground forces on Bougainville of 1945 in the closing months of the war.