On the eve of his awarding with first Imperial Russian order.
Fukuda Masataro /福田雅太郎/ (July 7, 1866 (May 25, 1866) – June 1, 1932) was born in Omura City, Nagasaki Prefecture as the second son of Ichibei Fukuda. After studying at Omura Junior High School and Yuhi Gakusha he graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy (ninth class) in July 1887 and was commissioned as an infantry second lieutenant and assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment. In November 1893 he graduated from the Army War College (9th class). During the Sino-Japanese War he went to war as an adjutant in the 1st Division After the war he was studying in Germany. Member of the General Staff (leader of the mobilization team), concurrently serving as an instructor at the Imperial Army, concurrently serving as Adjutant to Field Marshal Iwao Oyama and attached to the Austrian legation. During Russo-Japanese War he served as a staff officer of the 1st Army (chief of operations).
July 21, 1887- Second Lieutenant
July 1 , 1891- Lieutenant
January 19 , 1895 - Captain
October 31, 1900 - Major
December 13, 1903 - Attached to the Austrian Legation
February 14, 1904 - 1st Army Operations Chief Staff Officer
August 29 - 1st Army Deputy Chief of Staff
September 21 - Lieutenant Colonel
December 20, 1905- Chief of Staff, 3rd Division
January 12, 1907 - Military Attaché to the Austrian Legation
November 13 - Colonel
October 4, 1909 - Director of Information Division, General Staff Headquarters
November 30 - Commander, 38th Infantry Regiment
November 21, 1910 - Commander of the 53rd Infantry Regiment
September 6, 1911 - Major General, Commander of the 24th Infantry Brigade
December 26, 1912 - Chief of Staff of Kanto Governor's Office
May 11, 1914 - General Staff Headquarters 2nd Director
May 2, 1916 - Lieutenant General, Attached to the General Staff (European trip)
August 6, 1917- Commander of the 5th Division
October 10, 1918 - Deputy Chief of the General Staff
November 1920 - Participation in Army Special Large Maneuvers
May 3, 1921 - Commander of the Taiwanese Armed Forces
December 19 - General
August 6, 1923 - Military Counselor
September 3- Kanto Martial Law Commander
May 1, 1925 - Waiting orders
May 25 - Reserve
January 1928 - Chairman of the Great Japan Sumo Association
April 18, 1930 - Privy Councilor
This photo with both Russian orders was made somewhere between March 28, 1917 and June 16, 1918.
St.Stanislaus order breast star.
St.Anna order breast star.
