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Harada Sanosuke's wife, Masa

Many Shinsengumi executives had a "resting place" in Kyoto, where they were surrounded by their concubines. It is a so-called "local wife". However, rare among such executives, there was one who officially had a wife who welcomed him home, without making her a concubine. That would be Harada Sanosuke, the tenth squad captain. It’s said that Harada's personality, based on what was left behind, was very impatient, rough, and did not think deeply about things, but from this story, you can see Harada's surprisingly sincere and compassionate side.

Harada Sanosuke—surprisingly sincere?!!

Harada Sanosuke's wife's name was Masa. It’s said that Masa-san married Harada in the spring of the first year of Keio (1865), shortly after the Shinsengumi moved from Mibu to Nishi Honganji. Masa-san came from a venerable family with surname Sugawara, and it may be because of this that she was officially welcomed as Harada's wife, not just a woman (concubine) in a resting place.

The two started a family on Shichijo street near Honganji Temple, and the year after they got married, their eldest son, Shigeru, was born. He was living picture-perfect days of happiness.

Harada loved Shigeru very much and was enthusiastic that he would grow up to be a good samurai in the future. Harada, who was an ideal father who cherishes his wife and shows generous affection for his child, was a very good husband.

At that time, the amount of money he gave to Masa-san for her daily life was not fixed, but it was 10 to 15 ryo a month, which was enough to live in luxury. In addition, it was said that the Shinsengumi provided them three meals a day. I think it was quite a comfortable life.

A life that was born, a life that was about to end. The sad feelings of a wife who saw off her husband as he headed towards death

Two and a half years after they got married, it was time for the couple to say goodbye. The Shinsengumi decided to leave the headquarters in Fudodo Village and set up camp in Fushimi. It was just before the famous Battle of Toba-Fushimi.

The day before departure, Harada hurriedly returned home with a large sum of 200 ryo and handed it to Masa-san, saying "It's money for your current life."  And handed it to Masa-san.

"In the unlikely event that anything happens to me, make sure Shigeru becomes a good samurai. And most of all, take care of your body" It is said that he returned to the corps in a hurry after repeating this over and over again.

At this time, Harada's second child was in Masa-san's tummy close to birth. Masa-san was about 20 years old at that time. With a baby in her body, her dependable husband leaves for death. How uneasy she must have felt!

This would be their final farewell in this life.

After leaving Toba-Fushimi, Harada et al. will participate in the battle of Koshu Katsunuma with the Koyo Chinbutai. However, this was also a defeat. The difference in equipment and strength between the Shogunate army and the new government army was already clear.

In March of the first year of the Meiji era, Harada split up with Kondo and left the Shinsengumi. After the departure, he formed the Seikyotai (or Seiheitai) with Nagakura Shinpachi, but for some reason he left again and returned to Edo alone. The reason for this, Nagakura says “He probably returned to Edo with an excuse because he missed with his wife and children.”, but apparently that was not the case, and in the end, Harada joined Shogitai in Edo. On the 17th day of the 5th month, that year, he was killed in action by an enemy bullet.

On the other hand, after Masa-san separated with Harada, she was in a difficult situation, having been subject to rigorous interrogation by the new government army led by Satsuma.

However, the most painful thing for her was that her second son, who she gave to birth only five days after parting from Harada, died shortly after birth. This baby, who was called by god soon after birth, was given the Buddhist name "禅雪童子", and Masa-san tried her best to tell Harada about this, but it seemed that she didn't even know where he was anymore.

And it was in the 2nd or 3rd year of the Meiji era that Masa-san learned of Harada's death.

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Kotsune, the lover who passed away on the eve of the Shinsengumi’s departure

Nagakura Shinpachi had a daughter with a woman during the Shinsengumi era.

Her name was Kotsune. She was a geisha from Kameya in Shimabara.

In his diary, Nagakura refers to Kotsune-san with his own surname "Nagakura". This is written in the document “長倉新八貰請ク”. In addition, Kotsune-san's name is also left in the registry handed down in the Nagakura family, along with the Buddhist posthumous name "妙董信女".

From this, it can be said that although they were not officially married, they probably recognized each other as a married couple.

Kotsune, the lover who passed away on the eve of the departure

Kotsune gave birth to a daughter in the 7th month of the 3rd year of Keio, but her postpartum recovery was poor, and she finally died on the 11th day of the 12th month, five months after giving birth.

However, Nagakura couldn't be by Kotsune-san’s side to take care of her at this time.

Two days before Kotsune’s death, on the 9th day of the 12th month, 3rd year of Keio, the "Order for the Restoration of the Imperial Government" was issued, and the country was tense on the verge of war.

By the way, the "Order for the Restoration of the Imperial Government" is a political change where the imperial court declared that the Edo Shogunate would be abolished and a new government would be established.

In the 6th month of this year, all the members of the Shinsengumi were called upon by the shogunate, making it clear that they were in the position of samurai, so this political change marked the beginning of an inevitable battle.

Kotsune died on the eve of the departure, when tensions before the war were at the highest. It was the day before the Shinsengumi left the headquarters in Fudodo Village.

Of course, Nagakura, who was an executive of the corps at that time, could not leave his place and rush to his lover.

Nagakura was able to at least ask a member of the Shinsengumi to arrange for Kotsune-san's burial.

Now or never! The first meeting between father and daughter, which was possible with the nanny Okada Sadako’s wit

The daughter Kotsune gave birth to in exchange for her life was named Iso and grew up in good health. However, although it is not clear what the circumstances are, Iso-chan did not know her father's face because she had not yet met him.

Iso-chan lost her mother only five months after birth. And at the same time, her father, Nagakura, was about to enter a big battle...

Iso-chan's nanny, Okada Sadako, heard from a Shinsengumi member that if the baby didn’t meet her father now, they may never get another chance to meet! She ran to the Shinsengumi headquarters with Iso-chan in her arms.

Upon receiving Sadako's visit, Nagakura took Sadako and Iso out of the crowded headquarters where they were preparing war and rushed to the greengrocer across the street.

At this time, he father, Nagakura, and the daughter, Iso, met for the first time.

However, the war began, time passed, and the father and daughter were only able to meet again in the 32nd year of the Meiji era. When they met again, Iso-chan had become an actress who called herself Onoe Kokame.

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Saito Hajime's second wife, Takagi Tokio

Here, I would like to introduce Takagi Tokio-san, a woman who was Saito Hajime's second marriage partner.

The femininity of a young lady and the boldness of a samurai’s wife

Saito Hajime's second marriage was in the 7th year of the Meiji era. His wife's name was Takagi Tokio.

Tokio-san was the eldest daughter of the Ometsuke Takagi family of the Aizu clan, and would have been a venerable samurai lady if the shogunate hadn’t collapsed. Before the war, she was also a scribe (yuhitsu) for Teruhime, the sister of the Aizu feudal lord, Matsudaira Katamori.

In addition, Tokio-san was a person who had a strong relationship with the famous Yamamoto Yae. During the Battle of Aizu, it was Tokio-san who cut her hair just before Yae set out for a night attack. It was an episode that was introduced in the 2013 Taiga drama, but it was a true story.

She couldn't fight with a gun like Yae-san, but Tokio joined the struggle to rescue the wounded in the siege in Aizu.

In addition, the bodies of the war dead in the Battle of Aizu were not allowed to be buried by the new government for half a year and were exposed in the open, but when the permission for burial was finally given, Tokio-san helped bury the dead bodies. It was said that she also made an effort. Half a year after death... it's scary to imagine...

Tokio-san was a very feminine person, but she was also a samurai’s daughter. She had guts.

“Fujita” of Fujita Goro is Tokio's maternal surname

After the war, the people of Aizu were relocated to Tonami, but due to food shortages and harsh climates, they were forced to live a very difficult life there. It seemed that people starved to death one after another.

Tokio also lived in this Tonami area for several years.

She moved to Tokyo around the 7th year of the Meiji era. It was around this time that she married Saito Hajime, who moved to Tokyo at the same time.

After the war, Saito changed his name to Yamaguchi Jiro, Ichinose Dempachi, etc., but after he married Tokio, he began calling himself Fujita Goro. The name of Fujita Goro was given to Matsudaira Katamori. Fujita is Tokio's mother's surname, so he may have been named after that.

The matchmakers are former Aizu lords and elders

By the way, the matchmakers of Saito and Tokio's marriage were Matsudaira Katamori, who was the lord of Aizu, and Sagawa Kanbei, Yamakawa Hiroshi, and Kurasawa Heijiemon, who were also Aizu clan chief retainers. That's right.

Maybe it's because of the marriage of the Takagi family's daughter, but I feel that the relationship between Saito and Aizu is very strong.

When this happens, is the name Saito Hajime, which he called himself in the Shinsengumi, his real name? It makes me wonder (laughs)

Anyway, after that, Tokio-san had three children with Saito... no, Fujita Goro, and she stayed with him until he died at home in 1918.

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Shimabara Prostitute, Akesato

There was a brothel in the Shimabara district called "Kakuya". It was a place where Shinsengumi members, who were devoted to fighting every day, frequently visited to relieve their anxieties and heal their tiredness. Yamanami Keisuke, the Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi, was also one of the frequent customers of Kakuya.

Yamanami fell in love with a prostitute there. The name of the prostitute was Akesato.

Around 21-22 years old. She was not a beautiful woman, but it's said that she was an elegant woman, enough to even pass as a middle-class or higher samurai woman. 　 Shimabara prostitutes were divided into ranks:

Highest rank "Tayu"

"Tenjin"

"Kakoi” (In some cases, characters such as 鹿恋 and 鹿子 are used, and the reading is "kakoi")

"Hashi"

Akesato-san was the second rank from the top, "Tenjin".

Love between a samurai and a prostitute

Yamanami, who had a gentle and erudite personality, and Akesato, who was an elegant and thoughtful woman. It sounds like a good match, but in reality, did prostitutes and their customers fall in love with each other?

A brothel is a place for male customers to enjoy pseudo-romance. The words of love and love letters whispered by the prostitute are, so to speak, sales tools. I don't know if they were in a state of living together, and since he was one of her many customers, I can't easily believe that he was the only one special to her. The reverse is also true. Just because a customer says a word of love, the professional girls can't easily believe it.

Perhaps because of such circumstances, the prostitute sometimes proved her loved ones seriously by using radical means such as cutting her hair, peeling her nails, cutting her fingers, and tattooing the other person's name. (Although it seems that they used to use a tattoo that comes off immediately, a fake finger, or a finger or nail of a person other than themselves)

I don't know exactly how Yamanami and Akesato cultivated love and stepped up from a relationship between a prostitute and a guest to a relationship between real lovers. However, Yamanami's personality that remains to be passed down is always intelligent, and his words and actions are sincere and refreshing. It may not have been so difficult to make her feel that he’s love was true if his took it seriously.

Akesato-san would surely be the same. The personality that can control oneself properly enough to be called "elegant" even in a difficult world may have made Yamanami think "she was the one".

Yamanami’s Seppuku

The incident tore the lovers Yamanami and Akesato apart forever happened suddenly. Yamanami had left the corps.

Yamanami politely wrote down that he would escape and went out. Then, he travelled at such an leisurely pace that I couldn't believe he was on the run, and was caught by Okita Souji in Otsu. Moreover, it is said that he purposely called out to his pursuer, Okita.

By the way, Okita Souji was the only pursuer of Yamanami who escaped. This is probably the intention of Kondo, Hijikata, and other senior members of the Shinsengumi, saying , "If you get caught, you'll have to commit seppuku. So make sure you get away." Yamanami, who has mastered the Hokushin Ittou style, was the opponent, so if they wanted to capture him seriously, they would have formed a larger pursuit unit.

The wishes of such friends were in vain, and Yamanami and Okita stayed overnight in Otsu, and returned home the next day. Seppuku was handed down in accordance with the rules of the corps.

There are various theories as to why Yamanami left the corps, but all of them were speculation. This is because, no matter how much Okita and Kondo begged him to tell me why, Yamanami stubbornly didn't tell them the reason.

Even if Harada and Nagakura arranged to help him escape secretly, Yamanami did not escape.

The last meeting through the lattice

Akesato rushed to the headquarters when she heard the news that Yamanami was to commit seppuku. She grabbed the lattice from the outside of the window and shouted "Yamanami-han...!" several times, and the shoji inside opened gently, and Yamanami appeared. The last meeting between the two was over in a short time, staring through the grid and exchanging a few words.

Beyond the shoji, which was closed quietly again, Yamanami committed seppuku flawlessly according to the method. The kaishakunin was Okita Souji. It was February 1865 (Genji 2).

In fact, the story that she came to the headquarters at the time of Yamanami’s seppuku is not mentioned in Nagakura’s diary. Therefore, this is only a theory created by Professor Shimozawa Kan. In fact, if she was still in the brothel at that time, she wouldn't have made it there. (A prostitute was not allowed to easily go out of the main gate until she retired)

However, there is a theory that Akesato-san’s freedom has already been bought off and she lived with Yamanami at his residence, so if that is the case, she should be able to rush to Yamanami.

For Yamanami, it would have been painful for the world’s most regrettable lover to appear in front of him just before seppuku. However, considering Akesato-san's heart, it might have been better to meet and say a brief goodbye than for Yamanami to suddenly die without saying goodbye.

Yamanami was buried in Koenji Temple, a family temple of the Shinsengumi.

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Hijikata Toshizo, 17 years old, woman problem at his place of employment

Hijikata Toshizo, who has been a handsome guy since he was young

Hijikata Toshizo was a handsome and beautiful man, as the existing photos show. It seems that he was an aloof character during the Shinsengumi era, but when he was in Edo, Toshizo had a very charming personality and was popular with women.

Is it because of that?

At the age of 17, he got in trouble for getting an older maid pregnant.

Hijikata Toshizo's problem-solving ability when it comes to woman problems

Toshizo was dating a beautiful older woman at the age of 17 and got her pregnant.

The other women urged her to get married, and she wanted that too, but she faced great opposition from her family and eventually broke up.

At this time, Toshizo didn’t want the adults around him to "meet with the other party and have a talk", so he said that he had settled the problem himself.

I'm sure he had to face a lot of anger, blame, and tears from the woman and her family. However, Toshizo did not run away or hide.

"Give money to convince the other woman and her family to sever the relationship once and for all."

In a sense, he managed to do such conflict-resolution, which can be called dirty work, on his own. At just 17 years old, this is a big deal. (Although it was his family's money he used to pay the other party)

If Toshizo was scared and ran away from the other woman, and Toshizo's family went to meet the woman to solve this problem, the woman's wounds might have been deeper.

Did he already have the ability to calmly assess the situation, make decisions, and carry it out?

By the way, Toshizo also impregnated a woman named Kimikiku in Kyoto. It seems that she was a girl, but unfortunately she died shortly after she was born.

So, if this woman had safely given birth and raised a child of Toshizo Hijikata, that child would be the only direct descendant of Toshizo Hijikata.

Even now, somewhere, the blood of Toshizo may have been inherited.

Hmm... I'm curious.

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The daughter of a doctor whom Souji loved

Soji Okita was single all his life. There are no records of fiancés or familiar prostitutes. He didn't spend much time with women in the red-light district, and often played with children in the neighborhood in the temple grounds instead.

However, even Souji still has some faint love stories. Perhaps the most famous of these is the story of love with a "doctor's daughter."

The tears of a swordsman who shook Kyoto Love with the doctor's daughter that did not come true

Okita Souji seemed to have fallen in love with a doctor's daughter. Souji himself talked about her to Kondo’s nephew Kondo Yugoro, and later on, Kondo Yugoro left the following quote:

"Usually, he's a man who talks a lot, but when it comes to this girl, his eyes would tear up."

Did the swordsman, who shook the city and was feared like a demon, shed tears in secret, thinking of a woman he loved?

However, no detailed information about the "doctor's daughter" remains. The age, name, and place of residence are unknown.

The only thing I know is that the love between the doctor’s daughter and Souji never came to fruition. That's all.

Apparently, there were some serious problems lying in the path of their love. The most prominent problem was the opposition of Shinsengumi Commander,  Kondo Isami.

Love across different statuses, opposition from Commander Kondo Isami

It is said that Okita Souji had no political ideas. He continued to defeat his enemies with his terrific sword technique solely because of his loyalty to Kondo Isami.

It didn’t matter if it's related to the overthrowal of the Shogunate or which samurai were involved. Isami was the only lord Souji served, and he only belived in doing his best. Even if it's just one love, it was probably impossible for Souji to argue against it if Isami opposed it.

But why did Isami object to the love between Souji and the doctor's daughter?

This is just speculation, but I think Isami thought, "Only the daughter of a samurai was suitable to marry Souji."

Isami himself had made a name for himself with a number of prostitutes in Kyoto, but he chose a samurai woman as his wife, and a samurai usually married a samurai's daughter.

It’s no wonder that when Souji is promoted as a samurai in the future, Isami thought that the daughter of a town doctor would be seen lightly as his wife and hinder his career.

If the other party is a prostitute, it may have been possible to buy her freedom and keep her in the residence, but she is a respectable daughter of a doctor, a woman who should eventually marry into a decent and respectable house.

If you know that you can't be together, it may be better to let the other person go. If she was known as Okita Souji's woman, it could hinder her future.

Souji was said to have easily broken up with this doctor’s daughter when Kondo advised him to.

Considering that, it may be possible that Souji had a lover but the name was not passed down to posterity is a result of Souji's own consideration.

Deadly disease

In the first place, Souji had a very tough illness. “Rogai”, what we call pulmonary tuberculosis in modern times.

It is unclear when he was ill and whether his love affair with his daughter was during his fight against illness, but if Souji fell in love with the doctor’s daughter, knowing that he was suffering from tuberculosis, he might have had no choice but to leave even without Kondo Isami opposing the relationship .

It turned out Souji did not have a spectacular future as a samurai. In his early twenties, he couldn't fight because of his illness, and he died alone on a lonely bed, neither near Isami nor on the battlefield.

I don't know if Isami would have allowed him to be with his loved one until the end if he knew that his future would be so ephemeral and short... but in the end, Souji's love story ended tragically. ..

Recommended Shinsengumi Manga: Kaze Hikaru

The heroine is the "daughter of a doctor" who remains as a lover of Okita Souji. For some reason, this "doctor's daughter" sneaks into the Shinsengumi by pretending to be a man. However, it is not a common reverse-harem. The heroine is a Shinsengumi member while being beaten and slashed. There are many Shinsengumi mangas that make me ask, "Does it need to be set in the Shinsengumi? (Laughs)", but this is completely different from those mangas. It is exceptional. I recommend it.

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Kondo Isami's wife Tsune

Isami Kondo had relationships with many women in Kyoto. All of them were some of the best prostitutes in Kyoto. However, in fact, Isami historically had a wife in Edo.

His wife's name is Tsune. She wasn't as dexterous as Isami’s mistresses. However, she was a strong, wise and proud daughter of a samurai.

"I'm not a beautiful woman, so why did you choose me?!"

Tsune was born on September 10, 8th year of Tenpo, as the eldest daughter of Matsui Yagoro, a vassal of the Shimizu family. And it seems that she was a talented woman who served as a scribe for the Hitotsubashi family. She met Isamu when she was 24 years old. It was a matchmaking.

It was an era when people had a short lifespan and women had very few choices in life. Tsune, who was single at the age of 24, was called "delayed". (In the Edo period, it was said that a woman was "older" when she was about 20 years old.)

However, why was Tsune-san, who had a good family and was smart, "lagging behind"? According to one theory, Tsune-san had scars on her face and was not very beautiful. And the reason why Isami chose Tsune as his wife is because she was an ugly woman.

Actually, Kondo Isami went through a lot of matchmaking before he met her. But no matter what woman he met, he would shake his head. That was when he met Tsune-san and finally decided to get married. The matchmaker was curious and asked him why he chose her.

Isamu answered as follows. "Beauty usually lacks loyalty. However, because ugly women know that they’re ugly, they serve their husbands with sincerity and are always modest. I choose an ugly women precisely because I wanted a woman with virtue."

If this is the case, it's a terrible thing to say, isn't it?

Another theory is that if the wife who runs the kendo hall of the man's family is too beautiful, the students will stand up and cause unnecessary troubles.

However, looking at the remaining photos, Tsune-san is not particularly ugly. It is not possible to tell whether or not there is a scar, but her appearance is very normal.

Anyway, at this time, a wife served her husband. It is possible that Isami thought, "It didn't matter if she was a beautiful woman" when choosing a wife, rather than "Choosing someone just because she was a beautiful woman." No matter how beautiful you are, if you don't have the qualities that are suitable for the wife of the Tennen Rishin-ryu Master, you can't manage the dojo or the Kondo family.

Above all, Tsune is the daughter of a samurai family. It seems that Isami, who was born without a scholarship, tended to be particular about his status. I think Tsune-san's origin was a big point.

Husband who left to pursue a dream, turning away from a happy newlywed life

It is said that the Kojima family on Onoji still had what was supposed to be Kondo Isami's training clothes, and that the training clothes were embroidered with a skull made by Tsune-san. At that time, skull patterns were popular among fashionable people.

Tsune-san, who works hard to embroider the training clothes for her husband, seemed to have earned Isami’s admiration. Two years after getting married, the eldest daughter, Tama, was born, and Tsune spent a short time in a happy newlywed life.

However, three years after his marriage, Isami leaves his family and head to the capital city of Kyoto. This is because he volunteered for a troupe to guard the shogun.

What drove Isami to leave behind his beloved wife and daughter, who was only one year old, in Edo and join the troupe? Was it the tight business condition of the dojo, or was it annoyance at his low status that he couldn't get the proper title?

For Tsune-san, who kept seeing her husband's suffering, anger, and impatience, before her, "Think about the happiness that our family could have living together, rather than such an impossible dream...! " Maybe she wasn’t able to say that.

It is said that Isamu thought he might never see his wife and children again when he reached Kyoto. What did Tsune think when he accepted such a mission and saw Isami off?

Reunion, ring, eternal goodbye

As we all know, Kondo Isami played an active role as the Commander of the "Shinsengumi, which makes a crying child go silent" after many twists and turns.

Isami frequently visited various beautiful women, including the prostitute "Miyuki-tayu," who was touted as Shimabara’s best and held a lot of power. However, Isami went to see his wife Tsune only a few times when he returned to the east for work. After staying in Edo for a short period of time, he soon went to the battlefield.

However, it seems that Isami did care about Tsune-san.

After being defeated in the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, being stigmatized as rebels, losing his companions, and being completely wounded, Isami laughed that he was looking forward to seeing his wife and children on board the ship that was still on route to Edo. No matter how tattered he was, he could laugh when he thought about them. This is an episode that clearly shows that the existence of Tsune-san and Tama-chan supported and healed the spirit of Isami, even if they were far away.

Then, in March of the 4th year of Keio (the first year of the Meiji era), Isami, who returned home in a hurry during the battle and had a brief reunion with Tsune-san, would never return to her again. In April of the same year, he was beheaded at the Itabashi execution site as a rebel against the government forces.

It is said that Isami gave Tsune a ring at their last meeting.

"I can't serve two husbands." If you force me, I’ll commit suicide!

As Yuu expected, Tsune-san has been through the line of courage even after Yuu left for Kyoto and even after Yuu's death.

When the people around her were about to urge her to remarriage, Tsune said, "I can't serve two husbands," and he tried to stab her throat and commit suicide.

Their daughter, Tama-chan, married a married man named Miyakawa Yugoro at the age of 15 in the 9th year of the Meiji era, and then gave birth to a boy at the age of 22. However, three years later, she passed away at the young age of 25, leaving Tsune-san behind.

Tsune died in the 25th year of the Meiji era at the age of 56.

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Hijikata Toshizo’s arranged marriage to Koto

Hijikata Toshizo had a fiancée in Edo before going to Kyoto. That fiancé's name was Koto. But the engagement was never fulfilled.

Koto, a woman who was supposed to be Hijikata Toshizo's wife

Koto-san was a signboard girl at a shamisen shop in Tozuka Village, which is close to the post-town Naito Shinjuku, and was a beautiful girl with a good reputation in the neighborhood.

Moreover, this Koto-san was not only a beautiful woman, but she was good at tuning instruments, and of course, even plays the shamisen (because she is the daughter of a shamisen shop owner). She had enough skill in Nagauta music to be an accredited master.

It was Tamejiro, the eldest son of the Hijikata family, who brought such a perfect lady Koto-san and Toshizo together. Tamejiro was man of culture who loved haiku, and was a regular customer of the shamisen shop. After visiting the store several times, I found out about Koto-san and liked her so much that he came up with the idea of ​​marrying her to his youngest brother, Toshizo.

It is said that Toshizo’s brothers were very excited about the idea, and they were on the verge of the wedding.

However, the two did not actually get married.

Toshizo said to his brothers who were excited.

“I would like to make a name for myself by accomplishing something in the affairs of the world. So leave me free for a while longer.”

The brothers who were interested in Toshizo's ambitions said that if that was the case... Koto-san was only engaged to Toshizo.

Judging from this situation, I think that Toshizo was a little moved by his engagement to Koto-san.

He didn’t say no to it, so if he wasn't interested in Koto-san, this marriage story would have ended.

The reason why Koto-san was made his fiancée despite having to leave her in Edo was because his heart was conflicted between his faint love for Koto-san and his ambitions. Is it not?

The fiancée he left in the past

After that, Toshizo, who went to Kyoto, would spend his days as the fearsome Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi.

Moreover, even after becoming known as the Demon Vice-Commander, his popularity skyrocketed. There were many rumors of affairs with geisha in Kyoto, and some even had children.

He once sent a package full of love letters to his hometown, bragging about how popular he was with the women in Kyoto. It seems that such a Zareuta (comedic waka poem) was attached to the package:

The will to serve my country,

Has left my heart,

Because of women, I guess.

For Toshizo, who spent his busy days in a new world, has the fiancée he left in Edo already become a thing of the past?

After that, Koto-san and Toshizo were able to meet again only once. It was when Toshizo returned to Edo.

However, it was a farewell between the two.

As Toshizo got up to leave again, Koto-san only said to his departing back: "Take good care of your body..."

The love of the shamisen shop's signboard girl ended quietly in this way. After the Meiji Restoration, Koto-san's whereabouts have not been reported at all.

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Beautifully well-written and insightful love stories about women who were involved with the Shinsengumi, along with biographies on some of its members. The original source is in Japanese, but I’ve translated them to share with more people.

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The God of Death? Women fascinated by Serizawa Kamo

Since Serizawa Kamo himself has died unmarried, I know that there is no "happy love ending" when women fall in love with him, but why are the women fascinated by him? Will disaster befall them like this?

Mistress Oume

Tragic love story of Aguri and Sasaki Aijiro

Kotora and Oshika

Women who loved Kondo Isami

Kondo Isami, who had a wife and a child in Edo but was meeting women here and there. Strangely, he seems to have been truly loved by all the women. In fact, what kind of man was he?

Kondo Isami’s wife Tsune

Miyuki-tayu and Oko-tayu

Strong! Komano, a geisha from Sanbongi

Vice-Commander Yamanami Keisuke's love

Shimabara Yuujo, Akesato

Hijikata Toshizo's road of love

Fiancee Koto

Hijikata Toshizo, 17 years old, woman problem at his place of employment

Tragic love of the First Squad Captain, Okita Souji

Doctor's daughter

Okita-san's “family member”

Kin, a young woman from Satoshige Inn

A girl who was rejected and attempted suicide

Second Captain Nagakura Shinpachi 

Kotsune, a lover who passed away on the eve of the Shinsengumi’s departure

Saito Hajime, who was married twice

First wife Shinoda Yaso

Second wife Takagi Tokio

Tenth Captain, Harada Sanosuke

Wife Masa

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Saito Hajime's first wife, Shinoda Yaso

Here, I would like to introduce Shinoda Yaso-san, who was said to be the first wife of the mysterious Saito Hajime.

A short marriage

Saito Hajime, who was single during the Shinsengumi era with no record of having a specific lover.

However, since the Meiji era, Saito had been married twice. Saito first got married around 1884. His wife's name was Shinoda Yaso.

It is said that she was distantly related to a member of the Byakkotai, a group that died tragically, and was the eldest daughter of Shinoda Gisaburo, who was from a famous family in the Aizu clan.

However, this marriage seemed to have ended quickly. Saito married another woman just over three years after this marriage.

There is no record that there was a child between Yaso-san and Saito, and it’s unknown how Yaso-san and Saito separated. Was it simply a divorce, or did she die of illness?

The years when he moved to Tonami after the defeat in the Aizu War must have been a time when the people of Aizu were forced to live a rather difficult life, so there may have also been a lot of bereavement.

Saito Hajime's features from the perspective of his spouse

By the way, there are various theories that Saito Hajime came from Akashi, Harima, Aizu, etc., but since he can marry the daughter of a famous Aizu family like this, he might actually be a samurai from the Aizu clan. I think it would make sense. His second wife, Tokio, was also a daughter of a venerable family in Aizu.

Above all, even when Aizu was on the verge of falling, opposed Hijikata who was trying to give up the battle in Aizu and move to Sendai, and remained in Aizu until he left the corps. Looking at his marriage partner and behavior, I think we can think of it that way.

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Serizawa Kamo's despotism! Kotora and Oshika

Serizawa Kamo was making a big fuss at Yoshidaya in Osaka just before he was assassinated.

Here, we would like to introduce the women, Kotora and Oshika, who were the victims of the Serizawa Kamo misconduct.

I hate what I don't like! The stubborn geisha Kotora and the attendant Oshika

In September 3rd year of Bunkyu, the Shinsengumi went on a business trip to Osaka to protect the important people of the Shogunate. They were staying at an inn called Kyoya, but at night all the soldiers went out to play at Yoshidaya, a favorite spot in the red-light district of Osaka. Only Serizawa and Nagakura remained at the inn.

By the way, Serizawa and Nagakura are both licensed "Shindo Munenryu" swordsmen and seem to have been good friends. However, no matter how close they were, it would have been lonely to drink with just two men. Serizawa and Nagakura talked about calling their favorite women from Yoshidaya. Serizawa's favorite is Kotora, a geisha. Nagakura's favorite is an attendant in Yoshidaya, Oshika.

Serizawa urged Kotora-san to "untie the obi" when the four of them had a good time drinking, and Kotora-san and Oshika were about to go to bed. However, Kotora-san actually hated Serizawa, so she refused stubbornly even if she was stuck with Serizawa. Serizawa also got angry and said, "Go home!" Even though it was midnight. Kotora-san and Oshika-san went home in a palanquin arranged by Nagakura-san.

Well, the problem happened the next morning. Serizawa told Nagakura. "Kotora and Oshika had an extremely rude attitude last night, so let's slash them today."

It was ridiculous to kill over a rejection. Nagakura was surprised at this, and he planned to calm Serizawa down somehow. Before they went home, they requested a large number of geisha and prepared a banquet, and arranged for the attendant and the geisha to welcome them politely when Serizawa arrived.

However, when Serizawa gets into Yoshidaya, he hits one of the greeting attendants on the shoulder with his iron fan, causing her to faint. Even with a grand and polite welcome, his mood would not have improved.

Serizawa called on the owner of the shop. The owner of Yoshidaya, whether he was afraid or was really absent, let the owner of Kyoya come forward to say that he was acting on behalf of Yoshidaya.

Serizawa approached Kyoya, saying, "Because Kotora and Oshika worked rudely, I’m asking for them, so please offer them. Otherwise, this shop will be destroyed."

The two woman, who are indebted to the shop, cannot escape after being told that, and appeared in front of Serizawa. Nagakura looks back on the situation of the two at that time in his diary (浪士文久報国記事).

“――――At this time, the women were so dazed that they couldn't even see the tatami mats.”

I personally don't understand the expression "couldn't even see the tatami mats", and when I looked it up, the tatami was about "walking quietly so as not to step on the edge" or "keeping a distance to the other person by looking at the tatami". It seems that he was deeply involved in etiquette, such as "to use it as a guide for measuring." From that, it seems that Kotora-san and Oshika-san, like those engaged in the hospitality business, usually would have obeyed such etiquette, but at this time, they were scared and couldn’t maintain their composure.

In the end, Serizawa told the two women, "If they were men, he would normally cut off their heads, but since they were woman, he asks for a haircut," and Kotora and Oshika had their hair cut.

Serizawa said he had a banquet with their cut hair as a side dish.

Turning the disaster around...

Kotora-san, whose hair was cut, couldn't work as a geisha anymore. However, when the story became a rumor, it became popular as "Even if he cuts her hair, she wouldn’t allow him to touch her skin. A stunning whore." As a result, she was offered to a wealthy tradesman.

Similarly, Oshika can no longer work as an attendant, so Nagakura-san arranged for her to be adopted to another house.

Serizawa went on a rampage at a store called Kakutani in Kyoto in August, a month before the turmoil, saying that the store's attitude was bad, and after all the destruction was done inside the store, it was forced to close for 7 days.

Because of this kind of thing, his villainous character took root...

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Close with Okita Souji? Kin, a young woman from Satoshige Inn

Among the women who are rumored to have been in love with Souji, we only know the name of one of them. That person's name is Kin. It is said that she was a young woman from an inn called Satoshige on Aburanokoji Street.

Did Okita Souji have an affair? It doesn’t fit his image, but...

I'm sure they were close to each other because there are rumors like this.

I can imagine how Souji became familiar with Kin-san. Kin-san has the same name as Souji's older sister. "Hey, did you say Kin-san? That’s the same name as my second sister!" I think it was like this.

However, this woman was a married woman. It is said that she was the wife of a person named Sakai Kanzaemon, a footsoldier manager of the Shinjo clan. If she had a romantic relationship with Souji, she would have an affair.

Adultery was a problem that could usually be solved with money in the late Edo period when Souji was alive, but until the middle of the Edo period, it was a crime worthy of death.

Even within the Shinsengumi, there are even some soldiers who have had an affair with a married woman and have been punished for "deviating from the samurai code".

Therefore, if it is true that Souji was in communication with a married woman, it would be a very high-risk partner. Would it make sense to openly associate with such a partner such that your name would remain in posterity?

If they were friends with each other in a platonic manner, it can be considered as a proof that it was a relationship that wasn't terrible.

Wasn't the relationship with Kin opposed by Kondo Isami?

Kin-san is said to have divorced Sakai Kanzaemon in the end, although the timing is unknown. If she started dating Souji after divorce, there would be no problems with affairs.

But even so, she was also a so-called civilian and a stubborn woman. The conditions should not have been so different compared to the "doctor's daughter" except that it was not her first marriage, but did Kondo's “no” not take place here?

If she was a woman that Souji really loved, Kondo wouldn't be unaware of it, and if he knew, he would likely oppose it, as was the case with the doctor's daughter.

I don't think it was a fact that Souji and Kin-san were in love with each other, though I’m not against it.

Or, it could be said that he didn't consider Isami as a problem because the relationship was such that "it was a relationship between man and woman, but I don’t want to be together in the future."

But that doesn't seem to fit the image of Souji, who was said to have "talked about his beloved woman with tears."

Was Kin the lover of another Shinsengumi member instead?

There is also a theory that Kin-san was dating another Shinsengumi member instead of Souji in the first place.

Souji was only the mediator when she had a bad breakup with that Shinsengumi member, or he was the mediator when two members fought over her.

In any case, the truth is unknown... Souji's love is full of mysteries.

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Komano, a geisha from Sanbongi

At the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, in addition to Shimabara, Gion, and Pontocho, there was a red-light district called Sanbongi in Kyoto. This is a district favored by the Choshu clan, who is hostile to the Shinsengumi. Ikumatsu-san, who was close to Katsura Kogoro, who was the central figure of the Sonno Jōi school, is also a geisha in this district.

There was a geisha who fell in love with Kondo Isami, the director of the Shinsengumi, while in a district with many Choshu faction members. She was Komano-san.

"What happened to Isami’s child?" A surprising person who visited Komano in the Meiji era.

Komano-san had a boy with Isami. After entering the Meiji era, when a person who was worried about Komano-san and her child visited her, Komano-san talked about the whereabouts of the child as follows.

"When he was five, he was sent out to be adopted as a foster child, but after that he was picked up and raised until he was seven by my own hand. When the child was seven, I put him in a temple at someone’s recommendation and made him a Buddhist disciple. The promising young man focused on education and became a good monk."

By the way, it seems that the person who visited Komano-san at this time was Miyuki-tayu. If this was Miyuki-san, then the theory of Miyuki's death would be wrong.

After all, Miyuki-san was robbed of Isami by her younger sister and was abandoned with 200 ryo of money.

However, if parting with Isami was an unreasonable and terrible experience for her, it seems unlikely that she would bother to visit a person related to Isami or a relative in the Meiji era.

Despite not having detailed material about it, did both sisters and Isami part ways amiably?

Or did she have a terrible experience that was still painful, but Isami was a man who was so wonderful that she couldn't forget him... Hmm.

No matter what the world says, follow your heart!

Komano-san had a famous episode.

It was when Isami was executed at Itabashi and his head was on display at the Sanjō Ōhashi. Komano-san gave money to a Kodan (oral storytelling) street performer, praising Isami in Kyoto and giving a lecture in memory of his death.

As the victors, it is often said that the government army at that time treated the Shinsengumi and the former Shogunate army completely as bad guys and criminals.

Meanwhile, if you give a lecture in honor of Isami, the new government cannot silently forgive you.

She is said to have been captured by the government, had her hair cut and was banished. I'm sure she knew that would happen, but she couldn't keep silent.

Even in a workplace where there are many Choshu colleagues, she came to love Kondo, and even if the world called the former Shogunate army a criminal army, she gave a lecture that praised Isami.

Looking at these behaviors, I think Komano-san was a person who could act honestly with her own values and opinions ​​without being distracted by the world or the people around her.

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Did the sisters fight over Isami?!! Miyuki-tayu and Oko-tayu

Around the first year of the Genji era, Kondo Isami was offered a prostitute. The name of the prostitute is Miyuki-tayu. Her age was 23 to 24 years old, and she was a tall and slender beauty.

By the way, Tayu is the highest rank among the prostitutes. She had a broad and deep education, and was an accredited master of performance arts, but she was also familiar with games, and of course her appearance was also beautiful.

Out of 1000 Kamuro, only 3 to 5 of them could climb up to the rank of Tayu. (A Kamuro is a kid sold to a brothel as opposed to a kid born and raised there)

Somehow suspicious, Miyuki-tayu's illness theory

Miyuki-tayu was offered to live in Kondo’s residence as his beloved mistress, but about a year later, Miyuki-tayu, who was weak, died. It is said that Isami took in Miyuki-tayu’s younger sister, Oko-tayu, to fill that loneliness, and it was said that he would call her name in a very cute way as "Oko, Oko".

However, this Miyuki-tayu illness theory is a little questionable, isn't it?

Even after the Meiji era begun, there were still theories that there were several people who testified that they met Miyuki-tayu, and that Isami actually handed Miyuki a 200-ryo cut-off money. It was believed that this was so he could switch to Oko-tayu.

If this is true, it's a terrible story. First he occupied himself with the older sister, but after sending her away with money, he moves on to the younger sister... A younger sister who touches her older sister's husband is also something to consider.

Isami’s daughter, Yuu

Anyway, the younger sister Oko was as beautiful as her older sister and was loved by Isami.

Even after the Shinsengumi left Kyoto, she stayed in a residence for a while, taking care of Okita Souji, who was hiding there.

By the way, Oko had a daughter with Isami. Her daughter's name was Yuu.

This Yuu-chan later became a geisha and was favored by Ito Hirobumi and Inoue Kaoru. There is also a theory that she later went to Korea and married a merchant, but the truth is not certain.

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Serizawa Kamo's mistress Oume

Disclaimer: This was translated from http://shinsengumi.info. The original article’s views are not my own.

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Before dawn on September 16, 3rd year of Bunkyu. Serizawa Kamo, the head of the Shinsengumi bureau, was assassinated.

And a woman is killed in this incident.

Her name is Ume. It was a concubine of Serizawa Kamo.

Serizawa and Ume, the encounter was a reminder of debt

As we all know, the Shinsengumi's clothing is Dandara Haori, which imitates the play of 47 Ronin, but for the Shinsengumi, who were still poor at the time, it was never easy to tailor the clothing for all the members. It was never easy. (In fact, not everyone wore the uniform)

In the end, the money will be in debt in the name of Serizawa, who was the director of the Shinsengumi bureau at that time.

The order for the troupe was received by Taibei Hishiya, a merchant from Shijohorikawa. Hishiya has to remind him to pay the price, but the other party is Serizawa Kamo, a rough man. It was not uncommon for the clerk who went to collect the item to be threatened and run away.

Hishiya who is in trouble has a plan. Women are softer than men, and I think they can collect the money without making waves. So, he sent his mistress, Ume-san, to a wolf's nest, which is literally called the Mibu Wolf.

Why did Oume return to Serizawa after being assulted? An unfathomable beginning

Ume-san was originally a geisha at a teahouse in Shimabara, and was transferred to Hishiya and spent her time as a concubine.

When she was 22 to 23 years old, she was a charming, beautiful woman with beautiful eyes and a tight mouth.

One day, Serizawa rapes Ume-san, who was ordered by Hishiya to go to Serizawa to urge him to borrow money.

The story of this story is written in various literatures and novels as "She got raped" and "Without logic, she decides to go back on her own", but when I rewrite it flatly, it becomes like this.

Ume-san hated Serizawa at first, but eventually she started going to Serizawa...

Doesn’t this make you go “Huh? Why?”

However, I feel that it is quite impossible for that to have happened between the two of them.

In the first place, this testimony itself is based on the subjective testimony of Mr. Tamesaburo Yagi (a child of the Yagi family who was boarding the Shinsengumi) who was a boy who has not gone to the end of the year. Well, he testified after he became an old man.

It is made into a novel by Kan Shimozawa, who interweaves his creations with fiction. I wonder if it contains a lot of men's selfish illusions... (laughs)

It is strange to think that victims of sex crimes are willing to go to the perpetrators.

I think they fell in love normally.

Serizawa is often portrayed as a violent person, and I have a strong impression that he is a bad drunk (and there are many episodes according to that impression), but it seems that there was also a surprisingly delicate and gentle side to him.

When the Yagi family, who was taken care of by the Shinsengumi as a lodging facility, was unhappy, they took the initiative to call out to Kondo to help the receptionist of the condolences and make the children of the Yagi family laugh by drawing interesting pictures.

The Yagi family testified that Serizawa would have been a friendly and intelligent person if he had not drunk alcohol. It’s just that there were extremely few "when not drinking"... (sorry)

Originally a genuine samurai born in a venerable samurai family, he was a major executive of the fierce Sonno Joi thought group, the Tengu Party.

It's no wonder Ume-san thinks it's more attractive than a man (Hishiya) who uses his mistress to collect debt.

The "Ronin Fumihisa Report Article" left by Shinpachi Nagakura, who was an executive of the Shinsengumi since the beginning of the Meiji era, also has the following description.

"Serizawa Kamo loved the concubine Ume of a house called Hishiya..."

It wasn't "robbed" or "raped", but just loved her.

Even if Ume-san seems to dislike Serizawa, she's actually just a tsundere, and she may not really dislike Serizawa.

The scene that is passionately arguing may have seemed to be forcibly attacking. By the way, passionate and forcible are completely different.

Because he was a little boy, there may have been something that the boys thought they understood, even if they didn't understand it.

It's just a personal delusion, but I feel that thinking this way is still more intriguing than the story that "Ume-san was assaulted ."

However, in any case, the love with Serizawa eventually led Ume-san to a cruel death.

Three women in scene on the night of the assassination

On the night when Serizawa Kamo was assassinated, three men and three women, including Serizawa and Ume, were sleeping in the house of the Yagi family, which they used as a sleeping place.

The targets of the assassination are three men.

Of the three, Serizawa and his subordinate Hirayama were killed. The latter, who was stabbed but pretended to be dead, avoided fighting and escaped in the shadow of the night.

If the assassin is an outsider, he wouldn’t have to run away. Since it was their comrades, that is, the people inside the Shinsengumi, who came to kill them, they probably felt the danger of remaining in the corps and ran away.

And three women who shouldn't be the target. One is Serizawa's mistress, Ume-san. The other two are Shimabara's Tenjin, Itosato-san and Kichiei-san.

There are various theories that the two people other than Ume happened to be standing in the bathroom during the attack and were informed of the danger in advance, but they were both saved.

It is unlikely that the two women had successfully left the scene at the time the assassin stepped in, so it is probable that remedies were taken in advance.

Even from the assassination planner, the more targets you have, the more confused the scene will be, the harder it will be to achieve your original purpose, and the more humanity you want to help if you don't have to kill.

However, only Ume-san was different.

If she, like Itosato-san and Kichiei-san, was just with Serizawa as a job, or if she was in Serizawa's sleeping quarters just because she was scared and couldn't resist, her life would be saved. It may have been.

If you are advised, "Don't go back to sleep because it's dangerous," you just have to listen to it.

Perhaps it wasn't so, and they had no choice but to kill her.

If they let her know the danger in advance, Ume-san would tell Serizawa if he was at risk, I think that was the decision.

In fact, they may have been regarded as a couple. In fact, when Serizawa's funeral was later held by the Shinsengumi, he also came up with a plan for a joint funeral between Serizawa and Ume-san.

However, this burial plan was not realized because Kondo Isami strongly opposed it. He said that Serizawa, the director of the Shinsengumi bureau, and a plum-like saleswoman (!) Cannot be buried together.

As a result, Ume-san's corpse was left unattended for three to four days in the height of summer.

Hishiya also refused to pick up Ume-san's corpse, saying , "Because she has already given up her free time." If the relationship has already broken, that's not unreasonable.

After all, it is said that the corpse was handed over to Ume-san's village in Nishijin by the Yagi family, or buried as an unrelated Buddha, but in reality it is uncertain.

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