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Tōgō Heihachirō
Sign in to saveAlso known as Heihachirō Tōgō, Togo Heihachiro, Heihachiro Togo, Tougou Heihachirou, The Nelson of the East, Tōgō Nakagorō
Japanese admiral of the fleet (1848–1934)
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It sits within the topics 1848 births, 1934 deaths and Deified Japanese men.
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Key facts
- Native name
- 東郷 平八郎
- Nickname
- The Nelson of the East
- Born
- ( 1848-01-27 ) 27 January 1848, Kagoshima , Satsuma Domain
- Died
- 30 May 1934 (1934-05-30) (aged 86), Tokyo , Empire of Japan
- Allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- Branch
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Service years
- 1863–1913
- Rank
- Marshal Admiral
- Commands
- Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet
- Conflicts
- Anglo-Satsuma War Boshin War Battle of Awa Battle of Hakodate Battle of Miyako Bay Sino-French War (observing) First Sino-Japanese War Battle of Pungdo Battle of the Yalu River Battle of Weihaiwei Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War Battle of Port Arthur Battle of the Yellow Sea Battle of Tsushima
- Other work
- Tutor to Crown Prince Hirohito
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of death
- Banchō
- Occupation
- samurai
- Educated at
- Britannia Royal Naval College
- Employer
- Naval War College
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Native language
- Japanese
- Noble title
- count
- Conflict
- Bombardment of Kagoshima
- Military branch
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Military rank
- gensui
- Image
- Togo in Europe.jpg
- Significant event
- Battle of Tsushima
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- commander of (DEPRECATED)
- Combined Fleet
- end of work period
- 1913-00-00
- Commons category
- Tōgō Heihachirō
- date of death
- 1934-05-30
- date of birth
- 1848-01-27
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in kana
- とうごう へいはちろう
- place of burial
- Tama Cemetery
- name in native language
- 東郷平八郎
- birth name
- 東郷仲五郎
- cause of death
- head and neck cancer
- member of
- Kokuhonsha
- manner of death
- natural causes
- topic's main category
- Category:Tōgō Heihachirō
- allegiance
- Empire of Japan
- start of work period
- 1863-00-00
- nickname
- 海の東郷
- time period
- 20th century
- writing language
- Japanese
- affiliation
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- social classification
- kazoku
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Encyclopedic overview
Tōgō Heihachirō (東郷 平八郎; 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934), served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. As Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, he successfully confined the Russian Pacific naval forces to Port Arthur before winning a decisive victory over a relieving fleet at Tsushima in May 1905. Western journalists called Tōgō "the Nelson of the East". He remains deeply revered as a national hero in Japan, with shrines and streets named in his honour.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tōgō Heihachirō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.