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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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishii_Kikujir%C5%8D Should be Kikujiro. "Viscount Ishii Kikujirō (石井 菊次郎?, April 24, 1866 – May 25, 1945), was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916." "n 1916, Ishii was raised to viscount (shishaku), and was appointed to a seat in the House of Peers of the Diet of Japan."

The same man: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/8902692577/

A photo of his family was printed in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, March 05, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Image 68 (oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-03-05/ed-1/se...) with the caption "Baron Ishii is the new Foreign Minister of Japan. Baron Ishii was for many years Ambassador at London. He returned to Tokyo recently to fill a post in the new Okuma Cabinet." www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/10742871834/

A cropped version of this photo was used in The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 22, 1916, SECTION FIVE, Image 64 (oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1916-10-22/ed-1/se...) with the text "Baron Ishii, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, was raised to the rank of Viscount by the Emperor recently." The date on the sticker is 8/8/16.

B-59: Thanks for supplying information and links that explain why the Viscount was in the news. We'll add information to the description when we next update.

Togo Enjoys Day At The Navy Yard. Studies Our Newest and Biggest ... New York Times - Aug 16, 1911 Admiral Count Togo spent a good part of yesterday fraternizing with ... He was the guest of Rear Admiral EHC Leutze, USN, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dg%C5%8D_Heihachir%C5%8D Fleet Admiral Marquis (Kōshaku (侯爵 kōshaku ?)) Tōgō Heihachirō, OM, GCVO (東郷 平八郎 Tōgō Heihachirō ?), (27 January 1848 - 30 May 1934) was a Fleet Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes. He was termed by Western journalists as the 'Nelson of the East'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_H._C._Leutze Eugene Leutze, son of Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868), the noted painter of American Revolutionary War scenes, was born in Düsseldorf, Prussia, on 16 November 1847. Appointed to the United States Naval Academy by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, he witnessed part of the Civil War on board the blockade ship Monticello the following summer. His early career brought Leutze various surveying assignments, especially in Central America. In 1897, as commanding officer of Alert, he helped promote the peace when representatives from Costa Rica and Nicaragua met and signed a treaty of peace aboard his ship. As captain of Monterey during the Spanish-American War, he sailed to reinforce Admiral George Dewey’s fleet at Manila, and was present when the city capitulated. A fine administrator, he was promoted to rear admiral in 1907 while Superintendent of the Naval Gun Factory and Commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Admiral Leutze ended his active career as Commandant of both the 3rd Naval District and the New York Navy Yard on 6 June 1912. He died at Brooklyn Naval Hospital on 1 September 1931. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on 6 September 1931 without any "pomp and ritual" at his own request

A great old picture, a great commentary, thank you.