Kawaji Toshiyoshi
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Kawaji Toshiyoshi, also known as Kawaji Toshikane, was a Japanese military general, politician, and samurai during the Meiji period. A Satsuma Domain samurai initially tasked to study foreign systems
c. 1872
Marker indicating the birthplace of Kawaji Toshiyoshi in Kagoshima.
Japanese police carrying swords in October 1877
Kawaji Toshiyoshi (in center panel with Saigō Takamori, Torio Koyata, Yamagata Aritomo, and Miyoshi Shigeomi) considered as one of Japan's famous soldiers in this 1878 woodblock print
Ōyama Iwao
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Prince Ōyama Iwao was a Japanese field marshal, and one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Army. He was representative of the outstanding military commanders of the late modern period.
Birthplace in Kagoshima
Field Marshal Ōyama during the Russo-Japanese War
Ōyama Sutematsu at Vassar