Yamagata Aritomo
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Prince Yamagata Aritomo was a Japanese statesman and general who twice served as prime minister of Japan, in 1889–1891 and 1898–1900. He was a leading member of the genrō, a group of senior courtiers
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Yamagata in 1869
Yamagata in the 1870s
Yamagata in 1880
Russo-Japanese War
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The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on
Yamagata Aritomo
…foreign policy during this period. As a check against Russian expansionism, he was a strong proponent of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance in 1902. During the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), he was the final authority on military strategy as Chief of the Army General Staff. Believing Japan's resources were overextended, he…
Clockwise from top: Russian cruiser Pallada under fire at Port Arthur, Russian cavalry at Mukden, Russian cruiser Varyag and gunboat Korietz at Chemulpo Bay, Japanese dead at Port Arthur, Japanese infantry crossing the Yalu River
Chinese generals in Pyongyang surrender to the Japanese, October 1894.
Troops of the Eight-Nation Alliance in 1900. Left to right: Britain, United States, Australia, India, Germany, France, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Japan.
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