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Nogi, Maresuke |
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Nogi, Maresuke (märā`s kā nō`gē), 1849–1912, Japanese general. Made a lieutenant general in 1895, he became governor-general of Taiwan. He was the hero of the capture of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War, 1904–5, imperialistic conflict that grew out of the rival designs of Russia and Japan on Manchuria and Korea . Russian failure to withdraw from Manchuria and Russian penetration into N Korea were countered by Japanese attempts to negotiate a..... Click the link for more information. and was honored as a model of loyalty when he committed hara-kiri hara-kiri (här`ə-kēr`ē, hăr`ə–) [Jap. ..... Click the link for more information. to follow the Meiji emperor into death. |
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