1) Military rank of Japan 
[Imperial Japanese Army] The term gensui, which was used for both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy, was at first a rank held by Saigō Takamori as the Commander of the Armies in 1872. However in May 1873 Saigō was `demoted` to general, with gensui thereafter no longer a rank as such, but a largely honorific title a...[Imperial Japanese Navy] Note that several were promoted the same year they died; these were posthumous promotions. ...