Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō

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Japanese military officer admiral human

Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō was a renowned Japanese naval commander best known for leading the Imperial Japanese Navy to victory in the Russo-Japanese War, particularly at the Battle of Tsushima.

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Label Occurrences
Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō canonical 3
Admiral Heihachiro Togo 1
Japanese Admiral Heihachiro Togo 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese military officer ⓘ
admiral ⓘ
human ⓘ
advisorTo Emperor Meiji ⓘ
Emperor Taishō ⓘ
allegiance Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
awardReceived Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

Order of Merit (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of the Chrysanthemum ⓘ
Order of the Golden Kite ⓘ
Order of the Rising Sun ⓘ
birthDate 1848-01-27 ⓘ
birthPlace Kagoshima, Japan ⓘ
surface form: Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain, Japan
burialPlace Tama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ
surface form: Tama Cemetery, Tokyo
commanded Japanese battleship Mikasa ⓘ
surface form: Battleship Mikasa

Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Combined Fleet
commemoratedBy Togo Shrine in Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tōgō Shrine in Harajuku
conflict Boshin War ⓘ
First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Japan ⓘ
deathDate 1934-05-30 ⓘ
deathPlace Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo, Japan
educatedAt Burney’s Naval Academy, Gosport ⓘ
surface form: Royal Naval Academy, Portsmouth (training)

Old Royal Naval College ⓘ
surface form: Royal Naval College, Greenwich
familyName Tōgō ⓘ
givenName Heihachirō NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonument Togo Shrine in Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tōgō Shrine, Tokyo
honorificPrefix Admiral ⓘ
influenced Japanese naval doctrine in the early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor Defeating the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima ⓘ
Modernizing the Imperial Japanese Navy’s tactics ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
Marshal Admiral ⓘ
surface form: Marshal Admiral of the Navy
name Heihachiro Togo ⓘ
surface form: Tōgō Heihachirō
nativeName 東郷 平八郎 ⓘ
nickname Nelson of the East ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Tsushima ⓘ
Battle of the Yalu River ⓘ
surface form: Battle of the Yalu River (1894)

Battle of the Yellow Sea ⓘ
positionHeld Chief of the Naval General Staff ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet ⓘ
Member of the House of Peers (Japan) ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
surface form: Shinto (state rites and funerary honors)
serviceEnd 1913 ⓘ
serviceStart 1863 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japanese battleship Mikasa → flagshipOf → Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ
Japanese battleship Mikasa → commandedBy → Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ
Member of the House of Peers of Japan → hasHonorificTitle → Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ
subject surface form: Heihachiro Togo
this entity surface form: Marshal Admiral Togo
Nelson of the East → appliedTo → Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Togo Shrine in Tokyo → dedicatedTo → Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ
subject surface form: Togo Shrine (Tokyo)
this entity surface form: Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Battleship Mikasa memorial → dedicatedTo → Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ⓘ