Deaths in the 1940s

Lee Hyo-seok

1907–1942 (age 35)

Pyeongchang County

Han Yong-un

1879–1944 (age 65)

Manguri Public Cemetery

Korean writer whose literary works contributed to Korean culture during the early 20th century.

Homer Hulbert

1863–1949 (age 86)

Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery

Albert Wilder "Bruce" Taylor

1875–1948 (age 73)

Yanghwajin Foreign Missionary Cemetery

American journalist who documented Korean events and society during the early 20th century.

Hong Beom-do

1868–1943 (age 75)

Daejeon National Cemetery

Nikolai Matveev-Amursky

1865–1941 (age 76)

Kobe

A Russian poet whose literary contributions spanned the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Naoji Sakai

1891–1942 (age 51)

Tokyo

Hideki Tojo

1884–1948 (age 64)

Yasukuni Shrine

Japanese military officer and Prime Minister during World War II.

Takeichi Nishi

1902–1945 (age 43)

Yasukuni Shrine

Kitarō Nishida

1870–1945 (age 75)

Tōkei-ji Temple

Influential Japanese philosopher and writer who bridged Eastern and Western philosophical traditions.

Toshiko Tamura

1884–1945 (age 61)

Tōkei-ji Temple

Yoshiko Kawashima

1907–1948 (age 41)

Nagano Prefecture

Controversial figure involved in espionage during the pre-war and wartime period.

Sono Sachiko

1867–1947 (age 80)

Shinjuku

Tōson Shimazaki

1872–1943 (age 71)

Oiso

Celebrated Japanese writer whose works significantly influenced modern Japanese literature.

Kōki Hirota

1878–1948 (age 70)

Shōfuku-ji Temple

Iha Fuyū

1876–1947 (age 71)

Urasoe

Distinguished Japanese historian whose scholarly work preserved and interpreted Japanese cultural heritage.

Tsunesaburō Makiguchi

1871–1944 (age 73)

Taiseki-ji Temple

Richard Sorge

1895–1944 (age 49)

Tama Cemetery

Diplomat and intelligence operative whose career intersected with international affairs during the early 20th century.

Yoshimichi Hara

1867–1944 (age 77)

Tama Cemetery

Ğäbdräşit İbrahimof

1857–1944 (age 87)

Tama Cemetery

Writer whose literary contributions engaged with the intellectual currents of the early 20th century.

Isoroku Yamamoto

1884–1943 (age 59)

Tama Cemetery

Tomoyuki Yamashita

1885–1946 (age 61)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese military officer whose career encompassed significant periods of modern military history.

Saionji Kinmochi

1849–1940 (age 91)

Tama Cemetery

Senjūrō Hayashi

1876–1943 (age 67)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese military officer whose career reflected the development of modern Japanese military institutions.

Ōshima Ken'ichi

1858–1947 (age 89)

Tama Cemetery

Akiko Yosano

1878–1942 (age 64)

Tama Cemetery

Celebrated Japanese writer and poet whose literary works significantly influenced modern Japanese literature.

Atsushi Nakajima

1909–1942 (age 33)

Tama Cemetery

Korechika Anami

1887–1945 (age 58)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese politician and government official active during Japan's modern era.

Kan Kikuchi

1888–1948 (age 60)

Tama Cemetery

Mineichi Koga

1885–1944 (age 59)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese military officer who served in the armed forces during the early twentieth century.

Shigeru Honjō

1876–1945 (age 69)

Tama Cemetery

Motoo Furushō

1882–1940 (age 58)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese military personnel active in the armed forces during the early twentieth century.

Tatsukichi Minobe

1873–1948 (age 75)

Tama Cemetery

Junichi Sasai

1918–1942 (age 24)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese military personnel who served during World War II.

Hideo Kodama

1876–1947 (age 71)

Tama Cemetery

Riichi Yokomitsu

1898–1947 (age 49)

Tama Cemetery

Prominent Japanese writer and literary figure of the twentieth century.

Hajime Sugiyama

1880–1945 (age 65)

Tama Cemetery

Hakushū Kitahara

1885–1942 (age 57)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese writer and literary artist active in early twentieth-century Japan.

Seigō Nakano

1886–1943 (age 57)

Tama Cemetery

Hotsumi Ozaki

1901–1944 (age 43)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese journalist who contributed to public discourse and media during the twentieth century.

Mokutaro Kinoshita

1885–1945 (age 60)

Tama Cemetery

Masujiro Hashimoto

1875–1944 (age 69)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese mechanical engineer who contributed to industrial and technical development.

Ippei Okamoto

1886–1948 (age 62)

Tama Cemetery

Teppei Kataoka

1894–1944 (age 50)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese writer and literary figure of twentieth-century Japan.

Takitarō Minakami

1887–1940 (age 53)

Tama Cemetery

Hyakuzō Kurata

1891–1943 (age 52)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese writer and literary artist of the twentieth century.

Murao Nakamura

1886–1949 (age 63)

Tama Cemetery

Sergius

1871–1945 (age 74)

Yanaka Cemetery

Sergius was a missionary whose faith-driven work spanned seven decades.

Sakatani Yoshirō

1863–1941 (age 78)

Yanaka Cemetery

Hiromu Tokugawa

1916–1943 (age 27)

Yanaka Cemetery

Hiromu Tokugawa was a military officer who died in service to his nation in 1943.