Background
Taneda Uhachiro was born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1863.
種子田 右八郎
Taneda Uhachiro was born in Kagoshima Prefecture in 1863.
Graduated from Naval Engineering College (1885) to devote himself entirely to a career with the Imperial Navy.
Promoted vice-admiral (1914). Meantime was director of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal, a director of munitions at the Kure Naval Arsenal, first director of the Bureau for Naval Construction, and rendered distinguished services in the manufacture and improvement of naval munitions.