Background
Tokioki Nashiwa was born in 1850 in Hagi (Yamaguchi Prefecture), Japan.
時起 梨羽
military naval officer baron Vice-admiral
Tokioki Nashiwa was born in 1850 in Hagi (Yamaguchi Prefecture), Japan.
Formerly a retainer of the Choshu Clan (Yamaguchi), he was commissioned a sublieutenant in 1880. He commanded the warship Amagi during the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95). Also he was commander of the First Fleet in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05), his flagship being the Hatsuse.