Enomoto Takeaki

Enomoto Takeaki
榎本 武揚
Viscount Enomoto Takeaki
President of the Republic of Ezo
In office
27 January 1869 – 27 June 1869
Vice PresidentMatsudaira Tarō
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born(1836-10-05)5 October 1836
Edo, Japan
Died26 October 1908(1908-10-26) (aged 72)
Tokyo, Japan
Resting placeKisshō-ji, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo
35°43′39″N 139°45′13″E / 35.727425°N 139.75364°E / 35.727425; 139.75364
Spouse
Hayashi Tatsu
(m. 1867; died 1892)
Children
  • Enomoto Takenori (son)
  • Enomoto Kinu (daughter)
  • Enomoto Harunosuke (son)
  • Enomoto Hisashi (son)
  • Ishii Fujiko (daughter)
  • Enomoto Takako (daughter)
Parents
  • Enomoto Takeyuki (father)
  • Koto (mother)
RelativesEnomoto Takeshi (brother)
Military service
Allegiance Tokugawa bakufu
Republic of Ezo
 Empire of Japan
Branch/service Imperial Japanese Navy
Years of service1874–1908
Rank Vice Admiral
Battles/warsBoshin War
Battle of Hakodate
Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay

Viscount Enomoto Takeaki (榎本 武揚, 5 October 1836 – 26 October 1908) was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Meiji government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy.


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