東郷平八郎
The Japanese Admiral of the Russo-Japanese War, Tōgō Heihachirō, was influenced by Wang, and made a stamp which read, "One's whole life followed the example of Yangming" (). In Japan, many scholars and politicians (this group of people is known in Japanese as "Yōmeigakusha" () came from Wang Yangming's school ("Ōyōmei-gaku") in history, including Kumazawa Banzan, Saigō Takamori, Takasugi Shinsaku and Nakae Tōju. Toju Nakae is regarded as the founder of Japanese "Ōyōmei-gaku".