Inoue Yoshika
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| Viscount Inoue Yoshika | |
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| 3 November 1845 – 22 March 1929 | |
 Japanese Admiral Viscount Inoue Yoshika |
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| Place of birth | Kagoshima, Satsuma domain, Japan |
| Place of death | Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Years of service | 1868–1911 |
| Rank | Fleet Admiral |
| Commands | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Battles/wars | Boshin War First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War |
Fleet Admiral Viscount Yoshika Inoue (井上良馨 Inoue Yoshika?) (3 November 1845 – 22 March 1929) was a career naval officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji-period.
Born in Kagoshima, the son of a samurai of the Satsuma domain, he took part in the Anglo-Satsuma War and the Boshin War to overthrow the Tokugawa Shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration, he became a naval officer in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy.
At the time of the Kanghwa-do Incident of 1875 with Korea, Inoue Yoshika was captain of the gunboat Unyo. He later served as captain of several other warships in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
He was promoted to rear admiral on 15 June 1886, and appointed Director of the Bureau of Naval Affairs shortly thereafter. Ennobled with the title of danshaku (baron) on 24 May 1887. He then became first Director of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on 16 August 1888. He became Commander-in-Chief of the Readiness Fleet on 29 July 1889, a vice admiral on 12 December 1892, and admiral on 12 December 1901.
After the Russo-Japanese War, he was elevated to shishaku (viscount) on 21 September 1907, and to the largely ceremonial rank of Fleet Admiral on his retirement on 31 October 1911. He died in 1922.
[edit] References
- Hoare J.E., Britain and Japan (Biographical Portraits). RoutledgeCurzon (1999). ISBN 1-873410-89-1
- Schencking, J. Charles. Making Waves: Politics, Propaganda, And The Emergence Of The Imperial Japanese Navy, 1868-1922. Stanford University Press (2005). ISBN 0-8047-4977-9
