dai-gensui
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The Supreme Commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy () was the highest rank of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1872 to 1945, when the Empire of Japan was dissolved. The rank of dai-gensui was the highest rank in the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and was held solely by the Emperor of Japan in his capacity as Supreme commander-in-chief. It formally became obsolete in 1945 when the Imperial Japanese military was abolished.
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- Instance of
- military rank
- Subclass of
- generalissimo
- Country
- Empire of Japan
- Image
- Hirohito in dress uniform.jpg
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The Supreme Commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy () was the highest rank of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1872 to 1945, when the Empire of Japan was dissolved. The rank of dai-gensui was the highest rank in the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and was held solely by the Emperor of Japan in his capacity as Supreme commander-in-chief. It formally became obsolete in 1945 when the Imperial Japanese military was abolished.
== History == The term originated from the Chinese military title (大元帥), a title higher than (元帥, pronounced in Japanese).
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