Arichi Shinanojo
| Baron Arichi Shinanojō | |
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Japanese admiral Arichi Shinanojō
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| Native name | 有地 品之允 |
| Born |
15 March 1843 Chōshū domain, Japan |
| Died | 17 January 1919 (aged 75) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1871 - 1911 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | Chief of the Navy General Staff, Readiness Fleet, Kure Naval District |
| Battles/wars | Boshin War |
| Other work | Privy Council (Japan) |
Baron Arichi Shinanojō (有地 品之允?, 15 March 1843 – 17 January 1919) was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, and served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff in the late 19th century.
Arichi was born in Chōshū Domain (now Yamaguchi Prefecture. His younger brother was Admiral Nashiba Tokioki. As a samurai youth, he fought in the Boshin War to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, participating in combat in the northern Tohoku campaign. He was then dispatched by the domain to Europe for studies, observing military operations in the Franco-Prussian War first-hand. On his return to Japan, he was commissioned as a major in the new Imperial Japanese Army in 1871. Under the new Meiji government, he served in the Ministry of the Military, and transferred to the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy in 1873 with the rank of lieutenant commander. He was thus was of the few men from Chōshū Domain to choose the navy over the army as a career. It is not certain why he made this choice, but some historians theorize it was part of a strategy by the Chōshū clan leaders to ensure that the navy did not become a Satsuma monopoly.
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