Tōgō Heihachirō
Japanese admiral of the fleet (1848-1934) · Japan · Politicians · Died at 86
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Something wrong?Tōgō Heihachirō , served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes.
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Monument recording site of birthplace in Kagoshima
Officers of the Japanese warship Kasuga in August 1869. Third-class officer Tōgō is dressed in white, top right.
Tōgō during his studies in Europe, in 1877
Battle of the Yalu River by Korechika
Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō in full uniform
Inset photo of Admiral Togo, c. 1905, over a photograph of his flagship, Mikasa, leading the Japanese Navy battle line into action against the Russian Navy.
Tōgō Heihachirō (personifying the Imperial Japanese Navy) stands at Port Arthur among the wreckage of the Pacific Fleet, wielding his club; off in the distance, the Baltic Fleet approaches.Awards
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Tōgō Heihachirō , 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.
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