東郷平八郎

May 27, 1905 - Japanese Adm. Togo decimated the Russian Baltic Fleet in the Korean Strait (Strait of Tsushima). Russia capitulated. This was the first war in which the yellow race defeated the white race since the days of the Mongols

He looks really tired

^ He's just resting his eyes.

Actually, I've just read that within Japanese culture today a person appearing to be asleep when a lecturer or presenter is speaking can signify confiednce in the speaker. I wonder if that applies to this pic of Admiral Togo.

This photo was taken on August 15, 1911. Togo is riding in the back of the car in this photo. This was taken at the Brooklyn Naval Yard just before or after he toured the dreadnought North Dakota. This was the beginning of a two week tour of seaports between Washington and Boston. Note that this is not in West Point. The car there only had three steel supports on the canopy.

An article about this visit can be found in the New York Times Archives, printed the day after on Sunday, August 13, 1911. (pdf format)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called West Point U.S.M.A., and we'd love to have this added to the group!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoue_Yoshika Marshal-Admiral The Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō, OM, GCVO (東郷 平八郎; 27 January 1848 – 30 May 1934), en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dg%C5%8D_Heihachir%C5%8D en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisuke_Okada

We have seen Togo before, e.g.,

Inoue looks to be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoue_Yoshika "Marshal Admiral Viscount Inoue Yoshika (井上 良馨, 3 November 1845 – 22 March 1929) was a career naval officer and admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during Meiji-period Japan."

Okada looks to be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisuke_Okada "Keisuke Okada (岡田 啓介 Okada Keisuke, 20 January 1868 – 7 October 1952) was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, politician and the 31st Prime Minister of Japan from 8 July 1934 to 9 March 1936."

Thanks Richard Norton and swanq, we'll add their full names to the catalog record. There's a reversed date in the lower left corner of the image. It is either 1/30/27 or 7/30/27. If it's January, then this could be from either the funeral of Emperor Taisho (died Dec. 25, 1926) or the installation of Emperor Showa (Hirohito). I found a New York Herald Tribune article from Jan. 23, 1927 (p. B4) which listed Inoue and Togo amongst people at the at Showa's installation ceremony.