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COMMANDER // 1847–1895

Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa

lieutenant generalEmpire of Japan3 battles1 war

Lifespan

1847 – 1895

18501860187018801890Japanese invasion of Taiwan · 1895Battle of Baguashan — August 27, 1895 · Empire of Japan · Japanese invasion of TaiwanBattle of Chiayi — October 9, 1895 · Empire of Japan · Japanese invasion of TaiwanBattle of Keelung — June 3, 1895 · Empire of Japan · Japanese invasion of Taiwan

Active service 1895 — 3 battles across 1 war; first command at age 48.

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Yoshihisa, Prince Kitashirakawa of Japan, was the second head of a collateral branch of the Japanese imperial family. He was formerly enshrined in Tainan-Jinja, Taiwan, under the name Kitashirakawa no Miya Yoshihisa-shinnō no Mikoto as the main and only deity.

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Battles (3)

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