Akiyama Saneyuki
| Akiyama Saneyuki | |
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Japanese Admiral Akiyama Saneyuki
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| Born | April 12, 1868 Matsuyama, Iyo Province, Japan |
| Died | February 4, 1918 (aged 49) Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1886–1917 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands held |
IJN 2nd Fleet Akitsushima Otowa Hashidate Izumo Ibuki. |
| Battles/wars |
First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War |
Akiyama Saneyuki (秋山 真之?, April 12, 1868 – February 4, 1918) was a Meiji-period career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was famous as a planner of Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War. The Japanese general Akiyama Yoshifuru was his elder brother and the Japanese politician Hisako Ōishi was his granddaughter.
Akiyama was born in Matsuyama Domain, Iyo Province, as a son of a poor samurai. As a youth, he studied literature, especially traditional waka poetry. The famous poet Masaoka Shiki was his friend from childhood. Later the two young men went to Tokyo to study literature and Akiyama began to prepare for entry into the Literature Department of Tokyo Imperial University. However, Akiyama was forced to abandon his study of letters as his elder brother Yoshifuru ordered him to go to Naval Academy in Tsukiji, Tokyo instead, largely due to the economically severe condition of the Akiyama family.
While Akiyama was a student, the Naval Academy moved to Etajima, in Hiroshima prefecture, and was renamed the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. Akiyama was an outstanding student, graduating on 17 July 1890 as a midshipman at the top of the 17th class, out of 88 cadets. He graduated just weeks after the publication of the first and last chapters of Alfred Thayer Mahan's classic study, The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783 in its Japanese translation in July 1890.
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