to Tachibana were erected in his home town and several cities in Japan, and the bay near his home was officially renamed “Tachibana Bay”. He was popularized in at least five songs, and his biography became a textbook role model in schools. In 1928, under State Shinto, he was deified, becoming (along with Takeo Hirose and Nogi Maresuke) one of the gunshin, and his birthplace converted into a Shinto shrine, the Tachibana Jinja. The shrine still exists, and contains a museum with some of his personal effects. References External links National Diet Library biography Tachibana Jinja home page Notes 1865 births 1904 deaths Military personnel from Nagasaki Prefecture Japanese Army officers Japanese military personnel of the Russo-Japanese War Japanese military personnel killed in the Russo-Japanese War