Kichisaburo Nomura Signed Album Page....Japanese Admiral+Ambassador to U.S
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Kichisaburo Nomura Signed Album Page....Japanese Admiral+Ambassador to U.S:
$37.00
8.25 x 3 album page which is hand signed in fountain pen...
Page has toning and some faint soiling....Signature on reverse which I am not sure who the signature is...
Please see scans...
Kichisaburō Nomura(野村 吉三郎Nomura Kichisaburō, December 16, 1877 – May 8, 1964)was an admiral in theImperial Japanese Navyand was theambassador to the United Statesat the time of theattack on Pearl Harbor.
As amidshipman, he served on thecorvetteHieiand battleshipYashima. He was promoted to ensign on January 12, 1900, and to sub-lieutenant on October 1, 1901. As a crewman, he made a voyage to theUnited Stateson the battleshipMikasafrom 1901 to 1902.
Promoted to lieutenant on September 26, 1903, he served on a large number of ships, including the gunboatMaya, corvetteKongōand cruiserTokiwa. He served as chief navigator on the cruiserSaien(1904), and cruiserTakachihoduring theRusso-Japanese War. After the war, he was chief navigator on the cruisersHashidateandChitose. In March 1908, he was sent asnaval attachétoAustria. He was promoted tolieutenant commanderon September 25, 1908, and became naval attaché toGermanyin 1910. He returned to Japan in May 1911, and becameexecutive officeron the cruiserOtowain September 1911. In June 1912, he was assigned a number of staff roles and was promoted tocommanderon December 1, 1913. DuringWorld War I, from 11 December 1914 until 1 June 1918, Nomura was naval attaché to theUnited States. While in the United States, he was promoted to captain on April 1, 1917.
On Nomura\'s return to Japan, he received his first command, the cruiserYakumo. However, only a month later, he was reassigned to theImperial Japanese Navy General Staff, which included a trip toFranceas part of Japan\'s delegation to theVersailles Peace TreatyConference. Following the conclusion of these negotiations, he returned toWashington DCto participate in theWashington Naval Conferenceof 1921-1922. On June 1, 1922, Nomura was promoted torear admiral. He served as chief of the 3rd section of the Navy General Staff, followed by Commander of the 1st Expeditionary Fleet, Director of the Education Bureau, and Vice Chief of the Navy General Staff. He was promoted tovice admiralon December 1, 1926. On June 11, 1930, Nomura becameCommander in Chiefof theKure Naval District. He was Commander in Chief of theYokosuka Naval Districtin December 1930.
During theFirst Shanghai Incidentin 1932, he was appointed as commander of the Japanese forces (army and navy) fighting in Shanghai. However, he was replaced byKenkichi Uedawhen the Japanese forces did not manage to win. Finally,Yoshinori Shirakawawas the Japanese commander appointed who won the battle in Shanghai. All three men were injured in April that year whenYun Bong-gildetonated a bomb during a celebration of EmperorHirohito\'s birthday at Shanghai\'sHongkou Park.[2]Nomura was blinded in one eye during this incident.
Nomura was promoted to fulladmiralon March 1, 1933. From 1933 to 1937, Nomura served as Naval Councilor on theSupreme War Council, and retired from active service in 1937.
After his retirement, Nomura was principal of theGakushūinPeer\'s school from 1937 to 1939. He was appointedForeign Minister of Japanfrom 1939 to 1940 in the cabinet ofNobuyuki Abe. On November 27, 1940, Nomura was sent asambassadorto the United States, replacingKensuke Horinouchi(who had served since March, 1939). Through much of 1941, Ambassador Nomura negotiated withUnited States Secretary of StateCordell Hullin an attempt to prevent war from breaking out between Japan and the United States. Nomura and Hull attempted to resolve issues including the Japanese conflict with China, the Japanese occupation ofFrench Indochina, and the United States oil embargo against Japan. Nomura\'s repeated pleas to his superiors to offer the Americans meaningful concessions were rejected by his own government.On November 15, 1941, Nomura was joined by a \"special envoy\" to Washington,Saburō Kurusu.
AfterWorld War II, Nomura denied that he knew beforehand of the attack.Reportedly Nomura and Kurusu had to personally decode the radioed message of Japan\'s breaking off the negotiations with the United States (which given the circumstances practically meant war), as it had been sent from Japan on Monday, December 8 and was received when the embassy\'s technical support staff was still on Sunday holiday. Nomura stated that this is why he had been unable to deliver the message until after the actual attack had taken place.In his memoirs, Hull credited Nomura with having been sincere in trying to prevent war between Japan and the United States.
On August 20, 1942, Nomura returned to Japan. He continued to serve in an unofficial capacity as an advisor to the government through World War II, and was appointed to thePrivy Councilin May 1945.
After the war, Nomura started a new career: He was hired byKonosuke Matsushitato work in his company as a general manager and was sent to manageVictor Company of Japan, which was owned byMatsushita. He was then invited by Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshidato serve as a member of a committee studying rearmament of Japan.
In 1954, Nomura ran for theHouse of Councillors(upper house) and was elected by a landslide. In the late 1950s he was considered to be a strong candidate to head theDefense Agencyby both Prime MinistersIchirō HatoyamaandNobusuke Kishi, but declined each offer expressing his belief in civilian control of armed forces. Nomura had been a civilian for nearly two decades by that time but he was still regarded by many as a retired admiral of the old Imperial Japanese navy.
Nomura was reelected to the upper house in 1960 and died in office in 1964.
- Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising Sun– 7 February 1934
- Order of the Golden Kite, Second Class – 29 April 1934
- Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Sacred Treasure– 13 July 1940
- Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Paulownia Flowers– 8 May 1964 (posthumous)
- Navy Distinguished Service Medal– 1918 (United States)
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Kichisaburo Nomura Signed Album Page....Japanese Admiral+Ambassador to U.S:
$37.00