Kuroki
TAMESADA, COUNT, Japanese general; born at Sago, Japan, March 16, 1844. Having received thorough military training, he first distinguished himself in the war with China in 1894, when he was entrusted with the mobilization of the army, and afterward with a field command, being present at the capture of Wei-hai-wei. He attained the rank of general in 1903, and was made a baron in 1895, and a count in 1907. In the war with Russia he gained the first victory on land at the Yalu river on May 1, 1904, and by his tactics subsequent to that battle effected the isolation of Port Arthur. In the later battles at Liaoyang, the Shaho, and Mukden he held important divisional commands. He is a member of the Japanese council of war. a a