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 | The youth in the strife-torntime."Kogoro and Ikumatsu" |
At that time there were a lot of licensed quarters like Shimabara and Gion in Kyoto, and there were many royalists who fell in love with geisya.
A typical couple was Katsura-Kogoro (Kido-Takayoshi after-wards) and the geisha Ikumatsu.
Since Ikumatsu gave refuge to Kogoro, who was wanted by the Shogunate, love began between them, and they safely entered the Restoration as a married couple.
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| The period of assassination."Some Samurai in The Event at Ikedaya" |
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A large number of samurai were assassinated in the last ten years of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
The event at the inn Ikedaya is a very famous one, where the assassination was executed by Shinsengumi, a group of samurai specializing in guarding and assassinating.
Among the victims were Yoshida-Toshimaro of the Choshu clan, Miyabe-Teizo of the Higo clan, and many other promising samurai.
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| The Talent of the Choshu clan, and the Incident of Kinmon |
Kyoto on fire
The Choshu clan was the leader of the Restoration campaign.
In crowds, they fought against the Shogunate at Hamaguri-Gomon. This battle was so violent that 811 towns in Kyoto, that is, more than 30,000 houses, were burned down.
In the fight the Choshu troops, commanded by Maki-Izuminokami from the Kurume clan, were devastated losing able samurai: Kusaka-Gensui,
Kurushima-Matabe, Irie-Kui chi, and Terashima-Chuzaburo.
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