Kuroki Tamemoto

Count Kuroki Tamemoto
General Count Kuroki Tamemoto
Born	(1844-05-03)3 May 1844 Satsuma Domain (now Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan)
Died	3 February 1923(1923-02-03) (aged 78) Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance	Empire of Japan
Service/branch	Imperial Japanese Army
Years of service	1864–1869 1871–1909
Rank	General
Commands held	IJA 6th Division IJA 1st Army
Battles/wars	Boshin War First Sino-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War

Count Kuroki Tamemoto GCMG (黒木 為楨, 3 May 1844 – 3 February 1923) was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He was the head of the Japanese First Army during the Russo-Japanese War; and his forces enjoyed a series of successes during the Manchurian fighting at the Battle of Yalu River, the Battle of Liaoyang, the Battle of Shaho and the Battle of Mukden.