Kamimura Hikonojō
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Baron Kamimura Hikonojō was an early Japanese admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commanding the IJN 2nd Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, most notably at the Battle off Ulsan and Tsushima.
Kamimura Hikonojo
Left to right Funakoshi, Shimamura, Togo, Kamimura, Katō, Akiyama
Battle of Tsushima
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The Battle of Tsushima was the final naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought on 27–28 May 1905 in the Tsushima Strait. A devastating defeat for the Imperial Russian Navy, the battle was the onl
Kamimura Hikonojō
…Japanese admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commanding the IJN 2nd Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, most notably at the Battle off Ulsan and Tsushima. Born to a samurai family in the Satsuma Domain (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture), Kamimura served as a foot soldier during the Boshin War. After the…
Painting of the battle by Tōjō Shōtarō, 1905
Departure of the Japanese Combined Fleet in the morning of 27 May 1905
Russian battleship Oslyabya, the first warship sunk in the battle
Damaged Oryol at Maizuru Naval Arsenal