I die in the way of loyalty and filial duty.
武士道とは死ぬことと見つけたり、という古語を常に念頭に置け。
Military Strategists
Nogi Maresuke
The Japanese general whose siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War became synonymous with both the terrible cost of modern warfare and the samurai ideal of duty unto death (1849-1912). Nogi Maresuke's willingness to sacrifice his own sons alongside his soldiers, and his ritual suicide upon the Meiji Emperor's death, made him Japan's most controversial military hero.
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