Itō Sukeyuki
Count Itō Sukeyuki 伊東 祐亨 | |
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Satsuma domain, Japan | |
| Died | 16 January 1914 (aged 70)[1] Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance |  Empire of Japan |
| Service/ |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Years of service | 1871–1907 |
| Rank |   Marshal Admiral |
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Meiji-period Japan
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Biography
Born in what is now part of
Tokugawa Shogunate
. He escaped from the burning of the Satsuma Domain residence in Edo and subsequently fought in many of the naval engagements of the Boshin War.
After the
Hiei. In 1885, he was placed in charge of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. The same year, he travelled to the United Kingdom, and brought the Naniwa
back to Japan.
On 15 June 1886, he was promoted to
Readiness Fleet
.
With the start of the
.On 11 May 1895, Itō became Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff. In 1898, and was ennobled with the title of shishaku (viscount) on 5 August 1898 under the kazoku peerage system. He was promoted to full admiral on 28 September 1898.
Toshihide Migita depicting Admiral Itō accepting the surrender of Chinese forces after the Battle of Weihaiwei
, dated November 1895During the
title of nobility was raised to that of hakushaku (count) in 1907. At the same time, he was awarded the Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) and the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
.
Itō professed to have absolutely no interest in politics whatsoever, but was unofficially regarded as one of the genrō by his contemporaries.
Itō died in 1914. His grave is at the temple of Kaian-ji in Shinagawa, Tokyo.
References
Books
- Dupuy, Trevor N (1992). Encyclopedia of Military Biography. I B Tauris & Co Ltd. ISBN 1-85043-569-3.
- Paine, S.C.M (2002). The Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895: Perceptions, Power, and Primacy. London: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-81714-5.
External links
- Nishida, Hiroshi. "Itoh Sukeyuki". Imperial Japanese Navy. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2006.
Notes
- ^ Nishida, Imperial Japanese Navy.
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