Kawakami Soroku

Viscount Kawakami Sōroku
川上 操六
Official photo of Viscount Kawakami Sōroku
Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office
In office January 20, 1898 – May 11, 1899
Monarch	Meiji
Preceded by	Prince Komatsu Akihito
Succeeded by	Ōyama Iwao
Personal details
Born	(1848-11-11)November 11, 1848 Kagoshima, Satsuma domain, Japan
Died	May 11, 1899(1899-05-11) (aged 50) Tokyo, Japan
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun (1st class) Order of the Golden Kite (2nd class) Order of the Rising Sun (1st class with Paulownia Blossoms, Grand Cordon) Grand Order of the Chrysanthemum
Military service
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Branch/service	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1871 -1899
Rank	General
Battles/wars	Boshin War Donghak Peasant Rebellion First Sino-Japanese War

Viscount Kawakami Sōroku (川上 操六, 11 November 1848 – 11 May 1899), was a general and one of the chief military strategists in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Donghak Peasant Revolution and First Sino-Japanese War.