Count Kuroki Tamemoto | |
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Born | Satsuma Domain (now Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan) | 3 May 1844
Died | 3 February 1923 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 78)
Allegiance | Empire of Japan |
Service | Imperial Japanese Army |
Years of service | 1864–1869 1871–1909 |
Rank | General |
Commands | IJA 6th Division IJA 1st Army |
Battles / wars | Boshin War First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War |
Count Kuroki Tamemoto GCMG (黒木 為楨, 3 May 1844 – 3 February 1923) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was the head of the Japanese First Army during the Russo-Japanese War; and his forces enjoyed a series of successes during the Manchurian fighting at the Battle of Yalu River, the Battle of Liaoyang, the Battle of Shaho and the Battle of Mukden.