4th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

4th Division
4th Division
	A soldier of the IJA 4th Division firing type 92 heavy machine; gun during the 1st round of Chángshā operation.; Near Miluo river (汨水), Húnán Province, China.
Active	1888 - 1945
Disbanded	1945
Country	Empire of Japan
Branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Osaka City, Japan
Nickname(s)	Yodo Division
Engagements	First Sino-Japanese War; Russo-Japanese War; Siberian Intervention; Shandong Incident; World War II
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Takashima Tomonosuke; Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa; Ichinohe Hyoe; Abe Nobuyuki; Terauchi Hisaichi; Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko; Tomoyuki Yamashita.

The 4th Division (第4師団, Daishi shidan^[1]^[2]) was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call-sign was Yodo Division (淀兵団, Yodo-heidan) (from the Yodo River).

4th Division (1937)
Parent unit	Kwantung Army
Components	7. Infantry Brigade 8. Infantry Regiment 70. Infantry Regiment 32. Infantry Brigade 37. Infantry Regiment 61. Infantry Regiment 4. Field Artillery Regiment 4. Cavalry Regiment 4. Engineer Regiment 4. Transport Regiment

4th Division (August 1941)
Parent unit	11th Army
Components	4th Infantry Brigade Group 8th Infantry Regiment (Osaka) 37th Infantry Regiment (Osaka) 61st Infantry Regiment (Wakayama) 4th Field Artillery Regiment 4th Reconnaissance regiment 4th Engineer Regiment 4th Transport (logistics) Regiment Signals company Ordnance company Sanitation company