Deaths in the 1940s

Yorinaga Matsudaira

1874–1944 (age 70)

Yanaka Cemetery

Nagayo Motoori

1885–1945 (age 60)

Yanaka Cemetery

Nagayo Motoori was a composer whose musical works spanned the late Meiji and early Showa periods.

Ikegami Shūho

1874–1944 (age 70)

Yanaka Cemetery

Tanomogi Keikichi

1867–1940 (age 73)

Yanaka Cemetery

Tanomogi Keikichi was a politician whose career reflected the transformation of Japanese governance.

Kochō Baba

1869–1940 (age 71)

Yanaka Cemetery

Hosoya Sukeuji

1857–1944 (age 87)

Yanaka Cemetery

Hosoya Sukeuji lived through Japan's modernization from 1857 to 1944.

Sukehiko Hosoya

1887–1944 (age 57)

Yanaka Cemetery

Sukeyoshi Hosoya

1900–1945 (age 45)

Yanaka Cemetery

Sukeyoshi Hosoya was a military officer who served until 1945.

Komuro Suiun

1874–1945 (age 71)

Tama Cemetery

Otake Kokkan

1880–1945 (age 65)

Tama Cemetery

Otake Kokkan was a painter whose career spanned the Meiji and Showa periods.

Gunpei Yamamuro

1872–1940 (age 68)

Tama Cemetery

Iwamura Toshitake

1866–1943 (age 77)

Tama Cemetery

Iwamura Toshitake was a military officer whose service spanned from 1866 to 1943.

Nezu Kaichirō

1860–1940 (age 80)

Tama Cemetery

Tamisuke Yokogawa

1864–1945 (age 81)

Tama Cemetery

Tamisuke Yokogawa was an architect whose work reflected Japan's modernization.

Kanō Kōkichi

1865–1942 (age 77)

Tama Cemetery

Yoshiharu Tazawa

1885–1944 (age 59)

Tama Cemetery

Yoshiharu Tazawa was a politician whose career reflected early twentieth-century Japanese governance.

Ishii Fudeko

1861–1944 (age 83)

Tama Cemetery

Hidehiko Ishiguro

1884–1945 (age 61)

Tama Cemetery

Hidehiko Ishiguro was a Japanese politician active during the Meiji and Taisho periods.

Fujinami Gōichi

1880–1942 (age 62)

Tama Cemetery

Michitomo Kanamori

1857–1945 (age 88)

Tama Cemetery

Michitomo Kanamori was a Japanese pastor who dedicated his life to Christian ministry.

Tadahiko Otowa

1914–1944 (age 30)

Tama Cemetery

Takaoka Tadayoshi

1860–1942 (age 82)

Tama Cemetery

Takaoka Tadayoshi was a Japanese politician active during the Meiji and Taisho periods.

Hisashi Asō

1891–1940 (age 49)

Tama Cemetery

Aoki Shūzō

1875–1946 (age 71)

Tama Cemetery

Aoki Shūzō was a Japanese politician who served during the Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods.

Shōsuke Akatsuka

1872–1942 (age 70)

Tama Cemetery

Koreakira Anami

1923–1943 (age 20)

Tama Cemetery

Koreakira Anami was a Japanese military officer who served during World War II.

Horiuchi Sōhei

1878–1943 (age 65)

Tama Cemetery

Tetsu Yasui

1870–1945 (age 75)

Tama Cemetery

Tetsu Yasui was a Japanese writer active during the Meiji and Taisho periods.

Hideo Oguma

1901–1940 (age 39)

Tama Cemetery

Yuzuru Hiraga

1878–1943 (age 65)

Tama Cemetery

Yuzuru Hiraga was a Japanese engineer whose work contributed to Japan's technological advancement.

William R. Gorham

1888–1949 (age 61)

Tama Cemetery

Chikuhei Nakajima

1884–1949 (age 65)

Tama Cemetery

Chikuhei Nakajima was a Japanese businessperson active during Japan's period of industrial expansion.

Mochizuki Keisuke

1867–1941 (age 74)

Tama Cemetery

Nakamura Fusetsu

1866–1943 (age 77)

Tama Cemetery

Nakamura Fusetsu was a Japanese painter active during the Meiji and Taisho periods.

Nakamura Utaemon V

1865–1940 (age 75)

Tama Cemetery

Umetarō Suzuki

1874–1943 (age 69)

Tama Cemetery

Umetarō Suzuki was a Japanese biochemist whose research advanced the field of biochemistry.

Miyagi Yotoku

1903–1943 (age 40)

Tama Cemetery

Hiraoka Sadatarō

1863–1942 (age 79)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese politician of the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Akitsune Imamura

1870–1948 (age 78)

Tama Cemetery

Nobumasa Suetsugu

1880–1944 (age 64)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese military officer of the early twentieth century.

Tatekawa Yoshitsugu

1880–1945 (age 65)

Tama Cemetery

Tateo Katō

1903–1942 (age 39)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese military officer of the early twentieth century.

Shōken Kamitsukasa

1874–1947 (age 73)

Tama Cemetery

Teijirō Ueda

1879–1940 (age 61)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese economist of the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Sadanori Shimoyama

1901–1949 (age 48)

Tama Cemetery

Inoue Michiyasu

1866–1941 (age 75)

Tama Cemetery

Japanese politician of the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Shizuko Uchimura

1874–1945 (age 71)

Tama Cemetery

Seinosuke Gō

1865–1942 (age 77)

Aoyama Cemetery

Japanese businessman of the Meiji and Taishō periods.

Ōtani Tomoemon VI

1886–1943 (age 57)

Aoyama Cemetery

堀越元義

1880–1947 (age 67)

Aoyama Cemetery

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