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Sakuma Samata

August 5, 1915

Japanese general (1844-1915)

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Count Sakuma Samata (佐久間左馬太), born November 19, 1844 in Chōshū Domain and died at the age of 70 on August 5, 1915, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army who served as the 5th Governor General of Taiwan from April 11, 1906 to May 1, 1915.

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  • Anniversary · August 5

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