Who's Who in the Far East/TAKASHIMA, Viscount Tomonosuke
TAKASHIMA, Viscount Tomonosuke (TOKYO), Privy Councillor, Lieut.-Gen. (retired); b. Nov., 1844, at Satsuma. Appointed Colonel, 1874; Major-Gen., 1877; took active part in Civil War as Brigade Commander; Commander of Kumamoto Army Division, 1883, and later at Osaka; Minister of War twice, 1891-1892, and 189o-1897; was mister of short-lived Colonial Dept. created after Japan-China War but soon abolished; created Viscount, 1884. Address: Tokyo, Japan.