Ōsako Naomichi
was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army. He was the younger brother of General Ōsako Naoharu.Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 272-273. Biography Ōsako was born to a samurai family in Satsuma Domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). He joined the fledgling Imperial Japanese Army in April 1871, and joined the 2nd class of the predecessor of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy from December 1875. While still a cadet, he was called to active service to fight against his fellow Satsuma clansmen in the Satsuma Rebellion. In February 1879, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in artillery. From May 1886, he attended the Army War College (Japan), Army Staff College, specializing in artillery. He was sent to Germany for further training from May 1888. After his return to Japan, Ōsako was assigned to the Koishikawa arsenal. He returned to Germany as a military attache, remaining until July 1893. Ōsako was appointed battalion commander i ...
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Satsuma Domain
The , briefly known as the , was a domain (''han'') of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871. The Satsuma Domain was based at Kagoshima Castle in Satsuma Province, the core of the modern city of Kagoshima, located in the south of the island of Kyushu. The Satsuma Domain was ruled for its existence by the '' Tozama'' ''daimyō'' of the Shimazu clan, who had ruled the Kagoshima area since the 1200s, and covered territory in the provinces of Satsuma, Ōsumi and Hyūga. The Satsuma Domain was assessed under the '' Kokudaka'' system and its value peaked at 770,000 '' koku'', the second-highest domain in Japan after the Kaga Domain. Totman, Conrad. (1993) ''Early Modern Japan'', p. 119 The Satsuma Domain was one of the most powerful and prominent of Japan's domains during the Edo period, conquering the Ryukyu Kingdom as a vassal state after the invasion of Ryukyu in 1609, and clashing with the British during the bombardment of Kagoshima in 186 ...
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