Senjūrō Hayashi

was a Japanese politician and general. He served as Imperial Japanese Army Commander of the Japanese Korean Army during the Mukden Incident and the invasion of Manchuria. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1937.

Early life and education Hayashi was born on 23 February 1876, in Kodatsuno, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, the first son of secretary of Tonami District Office Hayashi Shishirō and his wife Bessho Saha. The family was a samurai-class family formerly in service to Kaga Domain. The second oldest of his brothers Hayashi Ryōzō became an Imperial Army Colonel, and the youngest brother Shirakawa Yūkichi became Vice Mayor of Tokyo.

Later life Later from 1940 to 1941, he was a Privy Councillor. Hayashi was also the president of the Greater Japan Muslim League (大日本回教協会, Dai Nihon Kaikyō Kyōkai).

Hayashi suffered from an intracranial hemorrhage in January 1943 and died at his home on 4 February without regaining conscious. He was posthumously awarded the Order of the Golden Kite (4th class) and the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.

Honours From the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure (1932) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1934) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers (1943; posthumous)