Togo Heihachiro

T?g? Heihachir? (?? ??? T?g? Heihachir?, January 27 1848 - 30 May 1934) was a Japanese admiral and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He was called 'the Nelson of the East'.

Tokugawa conflicts (1863-1869)

Togo's first combat experience was at the age of 17 during the Anglo-Satsuma War (August 1863), in which Kagoshima was bombarded by the British Royal Navy to punish the Satsuma daimyo for the murder of Charles Lennox Richardson on the T?kaid? highway the previous year (the Namamugi Incident), and the refusal to pay an indemnity in compensation.

Related Topics:
Anglo-Satsuma War - Royal Navy - Satsuma - Daimyo - Charles Lennox Richardson - T?kaid? - Namamugi Incident

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The following year, Satsuma established a navy, in which which Togo and two of his brothers enrolled. In January 1868 during the Boshin war, Togo was affected to a paddle-wheel steam warship, Kasuga, which participated to the Naval Battle of Awa, near Osaka, against the navy of the Bakufu, the first Japanese naval battle between two modern fleets.

Related Topics:
Boshin war - ''Kasuga'' - Naval Battle of Awa - Osaka

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As the conflict spread to northern Japan, Togo participated as a third-class officer aboard Kasuga to the last battles against the remnants of the Bakufu forces, the Naval Battle of Miyako and the Naval Battle of Hakodate (1869).

Related Topics:
Naval Battle of Miyako - Naval Battle of Hakodate

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