Tōgō Masamichi
| Tōgō Masamichi | |
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Admiral Tōgō Masamichi
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| Native name | 東郷正路 |
| Born |
19 April 1852 Fukui, Fukui, Japan |
| Died | 4 January 1906 (aged 53) |
| Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
| Service/branch |
 Imperial Japanese Navy Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Years of service | 1877–1906 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
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Baron Tōgō Masamichi (東郷正路, 19 April 1852 – 4 January 1906) was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy.
Tōgō was born to a samurai family of Fukui Domain. He was sent by the domain to the predecessor of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy when it was still located in Osaka, but left without graduating, and then entered the fourth class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy located in Tsukiji, Tokyo and was commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy.
He served in his early career on the corvette Tsukuba, gunboat Kenko and the ironclads Ryūjō and Fuso. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1885 and lieutenant commander in 1890. He later served on the staff of the Readiness Fleet. Tōgō was then executive officer on the cruiser Yaeyama, ironclad Kongō, and cruiser Chiyoda before receiving his first command, the training ship Manju, in 1893.
During the First Sino-Japanese War, Tōgō was captain of the gunboat Chōkai. He later commanded the Saikyō Maru, and corvettes Amagi and Musashi. After a stint at the Naval Staff College, he commanded the cruisers Yaeyama and Saien.
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