Tani Sanjuurou Tomokuni

Tani Sanjuurou Tomokuni

·               Birthdate: Unknown – 1866

·               Shinsengumi Fukuchou Jokin, Nanabantai Kumichou

·               Tani Jirou, his father was a kendo teacher, a vassal of the Bicchu matsuyama han under the Daimyo Itakura Masasei

·               Was the eldest son and had two other brothers, Masatake (later to be known as Kondou Shuhei – adopted son of Kondou) and Masatake

·               In 1859 he he was involved in a domestic squabble that put him under his lord’s displeasure which forced him to leave and open a dojo in Osaka along with his brother Mantaro

·               Sanjuurou taught the Shinmei Ryu and some has also described him teaching Sugomoto Ryu and Kami-in Ryu.

·               It seems he joined the army immediately after it’s formation in 1863

·               He is said to be the best spear user but there is some theory that it is the younger brother Mantarou

·               While his youngest brother was temporarily adopted by Kondou, in April 1866 Tani died in Sakashita Gion. The usual suspect is Saitou hajime over a quarrel during the party, but there are some accounts that continues to puzzle whether Saitou did kill Tani.

·               His grave is at Honden Temple at Togano Osaka City.