Count Nogi Maresuke , also known as Kiten, Count Nogi, was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from China and a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, as commander of the forces which captured Port Arthur from the Russians.
Nogi standing before his house in Nogizaka, Tokyo, shortly before his suicide in 1912
Nogi standing in the center facing a captured Russian gun crew outside Port Arthur on January 2, 1905
Nogi is seated in the center next to Russian general Anatoly Stessel after Russian forces surrendered at Port Arthur on January 2, 1905.
Room in which Nogi Maresuke committed suicide with his wife
Governor-General of Taiwan
The governor-general of Taiwan was the head of the Government-General of Taiwan in the Japanese era when they were part of the Empire of Japan, from 1895 to 1945.
Governor-General of Taiwan
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