Dewa Shigetō
| Baron Dewa Shigetō | |
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Portrait of Admiral Dewa Shigetō from National Diet Library, Tokyo,
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| Born |
December 10, 1856 Aizu domain, Japan |
| Died | January 27, 1930 (aged 73) Tokyo, Japan |
| Allegiance |
 Empire of Japan
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| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1872 - 1925 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
Tokiwa 3rd Squadron of IJN 1st Fleet IJN 3rd Fleet, Director of the Naval Education Bureau, IJN 2nd Fleet, Sasebo Naval District, IJN 1st Fleet. |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards | Order of the Rising Sun, 1st Class |
First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
Baron Dewa Shigetō (出羽 重遠?, 10 December 1856 – 27 January 1930) was an admiral in the early days of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Dewa was born as the son of a samurai of the Aizu domain (present day Fukushima prefecture). As a youth, he enlisted in the Byakkotai, a reserve unit of the Aizu domain's official military. The Byakkotai was called into action, and Dewa served at the Battle of Aizu in the Boshin War.
Dewa attended the 5th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, graduating 6th out of 43 cadets. He was appointed a midshipman on 16 August 1878, promoted to ensign on 12 August 1880 and promoted to sub-lieutenant on 27 February 1883. He served as a junior officer on several vessels of the early Japanese Navy, including the corvette Tsukuba, ironclad warship Fusō, sloop Hōshō, ironclad warship Ryūjō, corvette Amagi, and cruisers Asama, Naniwa and Takachiho. He was promoted to lieutenant on 7 April 1886 and to lieutenant-commander on 16 October 1890. From 1886-1890, he was executive officer on the cruiser Takao. From 1893-1893, he was captain of the gunboats Akagi, and Tatsuta and was promoted in rank to captain on 7 December 1894.
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