[ 1930s Japan - Admiral Heihachiro Togo ] Formal portrait of Fleet Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Heihachiro Togo (, 1848-1934). Poster published by Osaka Mainichi Shimbun on Aug 5, 1934 (Showa 9), a few months after the admirals death on May 30. Togo is one of Japans greatest naval heroes, coined the Nelson of the East by Western journalists. He was instrumental in destroying the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905). 20th century vintage poster.