Yamagata Aritomo - inspection tour to Mukden, Manchuria

Two admirals and six generals surrounding Duke Yamagata Aritomo (1838-1922) ( also known as Yamagata Kyosuke, a Japanese field marshal, twice-elected Prime Minister of Japan, and one of the leaders of the Meiji oligarchy) on his inspection tour to Mukden, Manchuria (from left to right: Kuroki Tamemoto, Commander of 1st Army, Nozu Michitsura, Commander of 4th Army, Yamagata Aritomo, General Chief of Staff, Oyama Iwao, Oku Yasukata, Commander of 2nd Army, Nogi Maresuke, Commander of 3rd Army, Kodama Gentaro, Manchurian Army General Chief of Staff, Kawamura Kageaki, Yalu River Army Commander) - photograph taken on 26 July 1905. Japanese economic presence and political interest in Manchuria (as evident here) had been growing ever since the end of the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). Following this event (pictured) The Treaty of Portsmouth that ended the war granted Japan the lease of the South Manchuria Railway branch (from Changchun to Lushun) of the China Far East Railway

Picture No

12916692

Media ID

45766685

Size

5261px x 3417px (4.4MB)

Credit

Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Source

Unattributed postcard

Date

1905