Enomoto Takeaki
Enomoto Takeaki | |
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榎本 武揚 | |
| President of the Republic of Ezo | |
| In office 27 January 1869 – 27 June 1869 | |
| Vice President | Matsudaira Tarō |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Minister of Agriculture and Commerce | |
| In office 22 January 1894 – 29 March 1897 | |
| Prime Minister | Itō Hirobumi Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Preceded by | Gotō Shōjirō |
| Succeeded by | Ōkuma Shigenobu |
| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 29 May 1891 – 8 August 1892 | |
| Prime Minister | Matsukata Masayoshi |
| Preceded by | Aoki Shūzō |
| Succeeded by | Mutsu Munemitsu |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 22 March 1889 – 17 May 1890 | |
| Prime Minister | Kuroda Kiyotaka Yamagata Aritomo |
| Preceded by | Ōyama Iwao (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Yoshikawa Akimasa |
| Minister of Communications | |
| In office 22 December 1885 – 22 March 1889 | |
| Prime Minister | Itō Hirobumi Kuroda Kiyotaka |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Gotō Shōjirō |
| Lord Admiral of the Navy | |
| In office 28 February 1880 – 7 April 1881 | |
| Monarch | Meiji |
| Preceded by | Kawamura Sumiyoshi |
| Succeeded by | Kawamura Sumiyoshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1836 Edo, Japan |
| Died | 26 October 1908 (aged 72) Tokyo, Japan |
| Resting place | Kisshō-ji, Bunkyō-ku, Tokyo 35°43′39″N 139°45′13″E / 35.727425°N 139.75364°E |
| Spouse |
Hayashi Tatsu
(m. 1867; died 1892) |
| Children |
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| Parents |
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| Relatives | Enomoto Takeshi (brother) |
| Education | Nagasaki Naval Training Center |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Tokugawa bakufu Republic of Ezo Empire of Japan |
| Branch/service | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Years of service | 1874–1908 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Battles/wars | Boshin 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.