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Kumebe Masachika isn’t a well-known Shinsengumi member.
Very little is known about him but I thought I should write him anyway just
because like Hijikata Toshizou he too attempted to create an independent nation.
He was born on April 17, 1841 in Settsudai-saka and joined the Shinsengumi in
the first year of the Keiou on May. He was a Coporal and acted as an Army Scout.
He too fought in Toba-Fushimi and returned to Edo in January. He fought along
with Saitou Hajime (then known as Jirou Yamaguchi) in Buddha Hall on September
and was mistakenly thought to have died. However he was able to escape and got
in contact with some kindred minds from Mito. There he decides to go to Hachijo
island for the sake of building an independent country along with Ikeda
Shichisaburou (another Shinsengumi member). However they were caught in October
Meiji 1 and was sent to the penitence group (I’m unsure if this is the same
Penitence group Saitou belonged in perhaps not). After serving his sentence as a
POW he is escorted to Tokyo and serves the army. In the 12th year he is a first
lieutenant and retires from the army in the 19th year. Kumebe dies in Sendai-shi
Miyagi on September 25, 1910.
Here is a picture of him… |
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