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, also known as Kiten, Count Nogi GCB (December 25, 1849September 13, 1912), was a Japanese

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in the

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and a

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. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from China and a prominent figure in the

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of 1904–05, as commander of the forces which captured Port Arthur from the Russians. He was a national hero in Imperial Japan as a model of feudal loyalty and self-sacrifice, ultimately to the point of suicide. In the

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, he lost a banner of the emperor in battle, for which he tried to atone with suicidal bravery in order to recapture it, until ordered to stop. In the

, he captured Port Arthur but he felt that he had lost too many of his soldiers, so requested permission to commit suicide, which the emperor refused. These two events, as well as his desire not to outlive his master, motivated his suicide on the day of the funeral of the

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. His example brought attention to the concept of ''

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'' and the controversial samurai practice of '' junshi'' (following the lord in death).

Early life

Nogi Nakito was born on December 25, 1849, at the Chōfu Domain Mansion in

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(present-day

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), the third son of

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cavalry officer (''umamawari'') Nogi Maretsugu and his wife Hisako. His father served the Chōfu Domain, a subsidiary domain of the

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, and held land worth 80 ''

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''. His childhood name was Nakito (無人), literally "no one", to prevent evil spirits from coming to harm him. He was briefly known as Bunzō, after which he was renamed Maresuke. As he claimed descent from the

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through the Sasaki clan, he often used the name Minamoto no Maresuke in his signatures.

Early military career

In November 1869, by the order of the Nagato domain's lord, he enlisted in ''Fushimi Goshin Heisha'' () to be trained in the French style for the domanial Army. After completing the training, he was reassigned to the Kawatō Barrack in

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as an instructor, and then as Toyōra domain's Army trainer in charge of coastal defense troops. In 1871, Nogi was commissioned as a

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in the fledgling

. Around this time, he renamed himself ''Maresuke'' taking a ''

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'' from the name of his father. In 1875, he became the 14th Infantry Regiment's attaché. The next year (1876), Nogi was named as the

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regional troop's Staff Officer, and transferred to command the 1st Infantry Regiment, and for his service in the

, against the forces of

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, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel on April 22, 1877. In a fierce battle at that time, he lost the 14th Infantry Regiment's regimental banner, which was considered to be the property of the Emperor, to the enemy. Its loss was an extreme disgrace. Nogi considered this such a grave mistake that he listed it as one of the reasons for his later suicide.Bix, Herbert. (2000). ''Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan,'' p. 42. On August 27, 1876, Nogi married Shizuko, the fourth daughter of Satsuma ''samurai'' Yuji Sadano, who was then 20 years old. As Nogi was 28 years old, it was a very late marriage for that time, considering that the average age to marry was in the early 20s. On August 28, 1877, their first son Katsunori was born, and Nogi bought his first house at Niizakamachi,

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. In 1879, his second son Yasunori was born. He was promoted to

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on April 29, 1880. He was posted to Nagoya during the early Meiji era. The warehouse in the Sannomaru enceinte of

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was probably constructed in 1880 (Meiji 13) as an army ammunition depot. It was named later after him. Promoted major general on May 21, 1885, in 1887 Nogi went to

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with Kawakami Soroku to study European

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and tactics. In 1894, during the

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, Major-General Nogi commanded the First Infantry Brigade which penetrated the Chinese defenses and successfully occupied Port Arthur in only one day of combat. As such, he was a senior commander during the

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. The following year, he was promoted to

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(April 29, 1895) and assigned to the Second Division, tasked with the invasion of Taiwan. Nogi remained with the occupation forces in Taiwan until 1898. In 1899, he was recalled to Japan, and placed in command of the newly formed 11th Infantry Brigade, based in Kagawa.

Political career

After the war, he was elevated to ''danshaku'' (

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); and he was conferred with the

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, 1st class. Nogi was appointed as the third Japanese

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from October 14, 1896, to February 1898. When moving to Taiwan, he moved his entire family, and during their time in Taiwan, his mother contracted

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and died. This led Nogi to take measures to improve on the health care infrastructure of the island. However, unlike many of his contemporaries as officers, Nogi expressed no interest in pursuing politics.

Russo-Japanese War

In 1904, Nogi was recalled to active service on the occasion of the

, and was promoted to army

in command of the Japanese Third Army, with an initial strength of approximately 90,000 men and assigned to the capture of the

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n-held Port Arthur on the southern tip of

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. Nogi's forces landed shortly after the Battle of Nanshan, in which his eldest son, serving with the

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, was killed. Advancing slowly down the Liaodong Peninsula, Nogi encountered unexpectedly strong resistance, and far more fortifications than he had experienced ten years earlier against the Chinese. The attack against Port Arthur quickly turned into the lengthy

Siege of Port Arthur The siege of Port Arthur (, ''Ryojun Kōisen''; , ''Oborona Port-Artura'', August 1, 1904 – January 2, 1905) was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. Port Arthur, the deep-water port and Russian naval base ...

, an engagement lasting from August 1, 1904, to January 2, 1905, costing the Japanese massive losses. Due to the mounting casualties and failure of Nogi to overcome Port Arthur's defenses, there was mounting pressure within the Japanese government and military to relieve him of command. However, in an unprecedented action,

spoke out during the

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meeting, defending Nogi and demanding that he be kept in command. After the fall of Port Arthur, Nogi was regarded as a national hero. He led his Third Army against the Russian forces at the final Battle of Mukden, ending the land combat phase of operations of the war. British historian Richard Storry noted that Nogi imposed the best of the Japanese ''samurai'' tradition on the men under his command such that "...the conduct of the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War towards both prisoners and Chinese civilians won the respect, and indeed admiration, of the world". Both of Nogi's sons, who were army lieutenants during the war, were killed in action. Though Nogi's elder son Katsunori (August 28, 1879 – May 27, 1904) had been a sickly child, he had managed to enter the imperial military academy on his third try. He was hit in the abdomen at the Battle of Nanshan and died of blood loss while undergoing surgery at a field hospital. His second son Yasunori (December 16, 1881 – November 30, 1904), a second lieutenant at Port Arthur, fell on a rocky slope, striking his head and dying instantly. Yasunori received a posthumous promotion to lieutenant, and was buried by his father in the Aoyama cemetery. At the end of the war, Nogi made a report directly to Emperor Meiji during a '' Gozen Kaigi''. When explaining battles of the Siege of Port Arthur in detail, he broke down and wept, apologizing for the 56,000 lives lost in that campaign and asking to be allowed to kill himself in atonement. Emperor Meiji told him that suicide was unacceptable, as all responsibility for the war was due to imperial orders, and that Nogi must remain alive, at least as long as he himself lived.

Postwar career

After the war, Nogi was elevated to the title of

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and awarded the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Grand Cordon, 1907. As head of the Peers' School from 1908 to 1912, he was the mentor of the young

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, and was, perhaps, the most important influence on the life of the future emperor of Japan. Nogi spent most of his personal fortune on hospitals for wounded soldiers and on memorial monuments erected around the country in commemoration of those killed during the Russo-Japanese War. He also successfully petitioned the Japanese government to erect a Russian-style memorial monument in Port Arthur to the Russian dead of that campaign.

Scouting

Nogi is significant to Scouting in Japan, as in 1911, he went to England in attendance on Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito for the coronation of King George V. The General, as the "Defender of Port Arthur" was introduced to General Robert Baden-Powell, the "Defender of Mafeking", by Lord Kitchener, whose expression "Once a Scout, always a Scout" remains to this day.

Suicide

Nogi and his wife Shizuko committed suicide by ''

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'' shortly after the

's funeral cortege left the palace. The ritual suicide was in accordance with the ''samurai'' practice of following one's master to death ('' junshi''). In his

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, he said that he wished to expiate for his disgrace in Kyūshū, and for the thousands of casualties at Port Arthur. He also donated his body to medical science.All four members of the Nogi family are buried at

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in Tokyo. Under

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, Nogi was revered as a ''

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''. Nogi Shrine, a

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in his honor, still exists on the site of his house in Nogizaka, Tokyo. His memory is also honored in other locations such as the Nogi Shrine in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, where the mausoleum of Emperor Meiji was established.

Legacy

Nogi's ''seppuku'' immediately created a sensation and a controversy. Some writers claimed that it reflected Nogi's disgust with the profligacy and decline in moral values of late Meiji Japan. Others pointed to Nogi's own suicide note, calling it an act of atonement for mistakes in his military career. In either case, Nogi's suicide marked the end of an era, and it had a profound impact on contemporary writers, such as

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, Kuroiwa Ruikō and

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. For the public, Nogi became a symbol of loyalty and sacrifice. The epic historical novel '' Saka no Ue no Kumo'' portrays Nogi as floundering at the

and having to be relieved by

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. Several books have been released in recent years rehabilitating Nogi's image and showing he was a competent leader. Nagoya cstl nogi soko

The Nogi Warehouse in the Sannomaru enceinte of Nagoya Castle was named after him.

Man of letters

Nogi is also noted in Japan as a man of letters. His Kanshi poems ( poems in the Chinese language) were especially popular among the Japanese during his time. Three of his Kanshi poems are famous. Right after the Battle of Nanshan of 1904, in which he lost his eldest son, he wrote: After the battle of Hill 203 of 1904–05, in which he lost his second son, he wrote: After the end of the

, he wrote:

Honors

Peerages

* 1895: Baron (August 20) * 1907: Count (September 21)

Decorations

* 1897: Grand Cordon of the

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(June 26; Second Class: April 29, 1894) * 1906: Grand Cordon of the

(April 1) (Third Class: August 20, 1895) * 1906: Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers (April 1). (Second Class: August 20, 1895; Third Class: April 7, 1885) * 1905:

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(January 10) * 1907: Grand Cross of the

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(April 16) * 1909: Chilean Gold Medal of Merit (April 28) * 1911: Grand Cross of the Order of the Star of Romania (October 25) * 1911: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the

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(GCVO) * 1911: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the

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, Military Division (UK) (GCB) (January 1).London Gazette:Issue No. 28567, p. 1 (29 December 1911).
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Court order of precedence

* 1871: Senior seventh rank (December) * 1873: Sixth rank (June 25) * 1879: Senior sixth rank (December 20) * 1880: Fifth rank (June 8) * 1885: Senior fifth rank (July 25) * 1893: Senior fourth rank (April 11) * 1896: Third rank (December 21) * 1904: Senior third rank (June 6) * 1909: Second rank (July 10) * 1916: Senior second rank (posthumous)

Portrayals

Maresuke was portrayed by

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in the 1980 Japanese

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The Battle of Port Arthur is a 1980 Japanese war film directed by Toshio Masuda. The Japanese title "Ni hyaku san kochi" means Hill 203. The film depicts the fiercest battles at Hill 203 in the Siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War 1904 - 1905. Cast * T ...

'' (sometimes referred as ''203 Kochi'').''The Battle of Port Arthur'' (''203 Koshi'')
in the

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Directed by Toshio Masuda the film depicted the

during the

and starred Nakadai as General Maresuke, Tetsurō Tamba as General

, and

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. In the

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television adaptation of Ryōtarō Shiba's epic ''Saka no Ue no Kumo'', which aired from 2009 to 2011, Nogi was portrayed by actor

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. In the manga and

television adaptation of ''

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'', General Nogi is mentioned by the Turkish elder and community leader, Mr. Deniz, convincing the others to trust Dr. Kenzo Tenma and a local prostitute when they attempt to convince the leaders of Frankfurt's Turkish Quarter to be wary of an imminent arson attack by neo-Nazis, led by The Baby. Deniz makes reference to an incident wherein General Nogi saved an Ottoman fleet of the Turkish Navy that had run aground in the Pacific. Although this is most likely a confusion with Yamada Torajirō who did assist after the sinking of Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul.

Notes

References

* Bix, Herbert P. (2000). '' Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan.'' New York:

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. ; * Benesch, Oleg (2014). ''Inventing the Way of the Samurai: Nationalism, Internationalism, and Bushido in Modern Japan''. Oxford:

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. ; ; * Buruma, Ian. (2004). ''Inventing Japan: 1853–1964.'' New York: Modern Library. ; * Ching, Leo T.S. (2001). ''Becoming Japanese: Colonial Taiwan and the Politics of Identity Formation.''. Berkeley:

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. ; ; * Connaughton, Richard. (1988). ''The War of the Rising Sun and the Tumbling Bear: a Military History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-05.''. London:

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. ; * Dupuy, Trevor N., Curt Johnson and David L Bongard. (1992). ''Encyclopedia of Military Biography''. London: I. B. Tauris & Co. ; * Jukes, Geoffrey. (2002). ''The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905''. Oxford:

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. ; * Keene, Donald. ''Emperor Of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852-1912'' New York:

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. ; * Lyell, Thomas Reginald Guise. (1948). ''A Case History of Japan.'' London: Sheed & Ward. * Noss, John Boyer. (1949). ''Man's Religions.'' New York: MacMillan. * Storry, Richard. (1960). ''A History of Modern Japan.'' Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books. * Wolferen, Karel van. (1990). ''The Enigma of Japanese Power: People and Politics in a Stateless Nation''. New York:

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. ;

External links

Portrait of Nogi

Nogi Shrine
in Nogizaka, Tokyo. There is another in

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