Count Nogi Maresuke (乃木 希典), also known as Kiten, Count Nogi (25 December 1849 – 13 September 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from China. He was a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05, as commander of the forces which captured Port Arthur from the Russians.
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25 December 1849 Tokyo, Japan
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13 September 1912 (aged 62) Tokyo, Japan
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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