he was an army general and the chief of the general staff . 陸軍大将・参謀総長。
his official court ranks are the chief of the general staff , the army general; his ranks and orders are kinshi kunsho (the order of the golden kite ), viscount . 官位は参謀総長陸軍大将位階勲等金鵄勲章子爵。
prime minister and the minister of army hideki tojo who could not accept the strategy also served as an additional post of the chief of the general staff planning the unification of national affairs and supreme command . 作戦に容喙出来なかった東條英機首相兼陸相が国務・統帥の一元化を図って参謀総長を兼任した。
in the case of the army , a new war minister was only recommended with the agreement of the army ' s three kami (three director generals ) (war minister , the chief of the general staff , and the educational commissioner ). 陸軍の場合は陸軍三長官会議(陸相・参謀総長・教育総監)の合意によって新陸相を推挙することとしていた。
in january 1898 , after a business trip to taiwan , french indochina , and siberia , he assumed the chief of the general staff; in september of that year , was appointed to the army general; passed away a year after in may . 台湾・仏印・シベリア出張を経て1898年(明治31年)1月参謀総長に就任、同年9月陸軍大将に任命されるが、翌年5月に薨去する。