Akiyama Saneyuki
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Akiyama Saneyuki was a Japanese navy officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Meiji era. He was a planner of Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War. General Akiyama Yoshifuru was his eld
Akiyama Saneyuki
Rear Admiral Akiyama in 1916
The final resting place of Akiyama Saneyuki
Masaoka Shiki
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Masaoka Shiki, pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credit
Akiyama Saneyuki
…in Matsuyama Domain, Iyo Province, as a son of a poor samurai. As a youth, he studied literature, especially traditional waka poetry. The famous poet Masaoka Shiki was his friend from childhood. Later the two young men went to Tokyo to study literature and Akiyama began to prepare for entry into the Literature…
Masaoka Shiki c. 1900
A monument containing a haiku by Shiki, in front of Matsuyama Station