Kawamura Sumiyoshi

Count

Kawamura Sumiyoshi
Count; Kawamura Sumiyoshi
	Japanese Admiral Kawamura Sumiyoshi
Native name	川村純義
Born	December 18, 1836; Kagoshima, Satsuma domain, Tokugawa Shogunate
Died	August 12, 1904 (aged 67); Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Navy
Rank	Admiral (posthumous)
Commands held	Imperial Japanese Naval Academy
Battles/wars	Boshin War; Satsuma Rebellion; Taiwan Expedition of 1874;
Other work	Navy Minister, Privy Councillor

Count Kawamura Sumiyoshi (川村純義, 18 December 1836 – 12 August 1904), was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kawamura's wife Haru was the aunt of Saigō Takamori.

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