Nashiba Tokioki
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Baron Nashiba Tokioki |
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| Native name | 梨羽 時起 |
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September 24, 1850 Chōshū domain, Japan |
| Died | October 24, 1924 (aged 74) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Battles/wars | Boshin War, First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War |
| Other work | House of Peers |
Baron Nashiba Tokioki (梨羽 時起, 24 September 1850 – 24 October 1924) was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, noted for his role in the battleship Yashima naval disaster of 1904.
Nashiba was born in Chōshū domain (now Yamaguchi prefecture, as the 4th son to a 1000 koku samurai retainer. As a child, he was adopted into the Nashiba family, and took their name. His older brother was Admiral Arichi Shinanojo.
As a samurai youth, he fought as a battalion commander in the Boshin War to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate. He then served in the new Meiji government in the Railway Ministry from 1871.
In August 1880, he joined the Imperial Japanese Navy, serving on frigate Fujisan and corvettes Tsukuba, Tenryū, Kongō, Katsuragi and Chiyoda. During the First Sino-Japanese War, he was on the gunboat Akagi followed by the corvette Amagi.
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