Viscount Yamaji Motoharu was a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War. Soldiers under his command committed the Port Arthur massacre.
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Lieutenant-General Yamaji leading the attack on Port Arthur (by Nobukazu Yōsai [ja], 1894
Jinshotai (Bottom row, from left: Ban Gondayu, Itagaki Taisuke, Tani Otoi (young boy), Yamaji Motoharu. Middle row, from left: Tani Shigeki (Sinbei), Tani Tateki (Moribe), Yamada Kiyokado (Heizaemon), Yoshimoto Sukekatsu (Heinosuke). Top row, from left: Kataoka Masumitsu (Kenkichi), Manabe Masayoshi (Kaisaku), Nishiyama Sakae, Kitamura Shigeyori (Chobei), Beppu Hikokuro.)Awards 1
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Lived 1841 to 1897 · aged 56
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