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The Shinsengumi were led by Serizawa Kamo (born 1830, Mino Province), Niimi Nishiki, and Kondō Isami (born 1834, Musashi Province – he came from a small dojo in Edo called Shieikan). The Shinsengumi submitted a letter to the Aizu clan, another powerful group who supported the Tokugawa regime, requesting permission to police Kyoto. The ...
Yamazaki Susumu (山崎 烝, c. 1833 – February 6, 1868) was a Shinsengumi officer and spy, otherwise known as a kansatsu (監察, inspector).. He was a rōnin (masterless samurai) from Osaka and an expert in Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū.
The Tennen Rishin ryu is a traditional swordsmanship school, codified during the Kansei Era (1789–1801) by Kondō Kuranosuke Nagahiro (or Nagamichi). There is limited information in regards to him: he came from Tōtōmi Province (today's western Shizuoka Prefecture), but no one knows when he was born.
Serizawa Kamo (芹沢 鴨; September 2, 1826 – October 30, 1863) was a samurai known for being the original lead commander of the Shinsengumi.He trained in and received a licence in the Shindō Munen-ryū.
The commemorative plaque standing at the former site of the Ikedaya Inn. The Ikedaya incident (池田屋事件, Ikedaya jiken), also known as the Ikedaya affair or Ikedaya riot, was an armed encounter between the shishi which included masterless samurai formally employed by the Chōshū, Tosa and Higo domains (), and the Shinsengumi, the Bakufu's special police force in Kyoto on July 8, 1864 ...
In Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps by Romulus Hillsborough, reference is made to the possibility of Yamanami having escaped: The trouble with Yamanami seems to have originated over a disagreement in philosophy, though Shimosawa also cites a bitter rivalry with the other vice commander, Hijikata Toshizo.
On August 18, 1863, the Mibu Rōshigumi was renamed the Shinsengumi (新選組, "New Selected Group") by Emperor Kōmei. [ 3 ] In response, a Tokugawa official made spies out of former Rōshigumi members Tomouchi Yoshio and Iesato Jiro, forced them to stay in Kyoto, and to join Serizawa and Kondo's group in order to keep an eye on them.
Niimi Nishiki (新見 錦, c. 1836 – October 25, 1863) was born in Mito-han (now Ibaraki Prefecture). [1] He was a master of the Shintomunen-ryu swordsmanship style. He was one of the original thirteen members of the Shinsengumi, together with Serizawa Kamo and Kondō Isami.