Viscount Miura Gorō was a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army; he is notable for orchestrating the murder of Queen Min of Korea in 1895.
General Miura Gorō
Assassination of Empress Myeongseong
Around 6 a.m. on 8 October 1895, Queen Min, the consort of the Korean monarch Gojong, was assassinated by a group of Japanese agents under Miura Gorō. After her death, she was posthumously given the title of "Empress Myeongseong". The attack happened at the royal palace Gyeongbokgung in Seoul, Joseon. This incident is known in Korea as the Eulmi Incident.
The Heungseon Daewongun (c. 1898)
A 1904 depiction of a sōshi
Hullyeondae in training.
Adachi Kenzō in 1926