Yamaji Motoharu

Viscount

Yamaji Motoharu
Yamaji Motoharu
Native name
山地 元治
Nickname(s)"Dokuganryu" (One- eyed Dragon)[1]
Born(1841-09-10)September 10, 1841
Kōchi, Tosa Province, Japan
DiedOctober 3, 1897(1897-10-03) (aged 56)
Hōfu, Yamaguchi, Japan
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Service/branch Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service1871–1897
Rank Lieutenant General
CommandsIJA 6th Division, IJA 1st Division.
Battles/wars
In this Japanese name, the surname is Yamaji.
Lieutenant-General Yamaji leading the attack on Port Arthur (by Nobukazu Yōsai [ja], 1894

Viscount Yamaji Motoharu (山地 元治, 10 September 1841 – 3 October 1897), was a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War. Soldiers under his command committed the Port Arthur massacre.[2]

  1. ^ Dupuy, Trevor (2001). The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography. Harper. p. 816. ISBN 0785804374.
  2. ^ Dupuy, Encyclopedia of Military Biography