"Samurai" despite being a farmer Dreaming of Isami Kondo Hijikata Toshizo who went up to Kyo and formed the Shinsengumi.
Finally, I will realize my dream of becoming a samurai.
After that, what kind of life did the two who realized their dreams live?
The defeat of the Shinsengumi.
Mr. Kondo and Mr. Hijikata are " Bakushin " Was collected by a samurai who reports directly to the shogun.
But only 4 months later , Shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa Resigned from the shogun and " Taisei Hokan " I did.
"Taisei Hokan" is to return the government from the shogunate to the emperor. Since the time of the Kamakura Shogunate, the Shogunate has been in control.
It means that the shogunate has virtually disappeared.
Shinsengumi is "Old Shogunate Army" As a "new government army" led by Satsuma and Choshu Will be fighting.
As the times change between "old" and "new," I feel the loneliness that old things are being eliminated.
The old shogunate army will be defeated by Western-style armaments such as the cannons of the new government army.
Hijikata also "In front of the cannon, neither the sword nor the spear makes sense" I'm talking to you.
From around this time, Mr. Hijikata changed from Japanese clothes to clothes. He is the one who wears even famous photos. It's fashionable.
Kyoto and Kai Province Inoue Genzaburo , who lost in (Yamanashi Prefecture) and was active together from the beginning of the Shinsengumi formation. Killed in action, Shinpachi Nagakura And Harada Sanosuke Withdrawal Finally, even a friend from a young age, the director, Isami Kondo, is caught in Nagareyama (Chiba Prefecture).
Death of ally, Isami Kondo
Mr. Kondo said, "Let's seppuku like a samurai if you get caught by the enemy." Is called.
At that time, it was normal for the name to be famous but the face to be unknown, and Mr. Kondo said " Yamato Okubo ". Change the name to I was there.
Mr. Hijikata "I want you to hide yourself until the end and come back alive!" I hope.
However, there is a former Shinsengumi on the enemy side, and if it is the director of the Shinsengumi, Isami Kondo, it will be bald.
Hijikata-san's wish was empty, and Kondo-san was beheaded . Has been made.
I was able to obtain the status of a samurai, which was my dream. However, I feel that I lost more money.
Mr. Hijikata, who lost his beloved friend Isami Kondo, will continue to fight until the end as the former Shogunate army, but what was your feeling?
North to north. and….
Edo Castle crosses over to the enemy, Isami Kondo also dies, and Mr. Hijikata goes north to north in search of the battlefield.
Although he won once in the battle of Utsunomiya Castle, he lost a lot in the Battle of Aizu (Fukushima Prefecture). The Tohoku clan also surrendered to the new government forces one after another.
Mr. Hijikata sails from Sendai to his final destination, Hakodate.
Hakodate's Goryokaku "Hakodate Government" To make. This Ezochi Did you intend to create a new country in (Hokkaido)?
However, the new government army will attack the old shogunate army until the end.
Mr. Hijikata's feelings at that time were very calm, and even when the people around him were making noise with the establishment of a new government, "It's not the time to make noise now!" And one person is silent.
During the battle, he was caring for his subordinates and was drinking alcohol.
"I don't want to be drunk and affected by the battle, so I only have one cup!" With
and a side dish of laughter.
"Shinsengumi Deputy Chief" in Kyo It is said that the fragments of the shards were not dusty.
He asks his small surname to deliver his own goods and photographs to his family.
He must have felt a sense of death.
He died at the Hakodate Ippongi Kanmon when he was hit by a enemy's ammunition. He is 35 years old. Ironically, he was the same age as his ally, Isami Kondo.
Six days later, the former Shogunate army finally surrendered. The last fort was Hijikata Toshizo.
There is another interpretation of Hijikata's death! ??
Hijikata-san, only 6 days after the death of the war Surrender. Of the eight Hakodate government bureaucrats, only Hijikata Toshizo died in the war.
Wasn't only Mr. Hijikata stubbornly opposed to surrender?
For this reason, it is said that it may be an assassination of a ally.
If this is true, it's a very sad event.
Summary
Every day I spent all my time practicing at the dojo to make my dreams come true.
Glory days in the Shinsengumi.
The day when I was able to become a samurai.
However, it did not last long, and every day he was caught up in the vortex of war, being regarded as a "morning enemy" against the emperor.
And death of ally, Isami Kondo I think that Hijikata-san had a hole in his heart.
Even if they were fighting, starting a new government, or living in a world without Mr. Kondo, they probably didn't feel like they were alive.
He was looking for a place to die. a man. I am a samurai until the end.
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-(Shinsengumi Bunko) [E-book] [Seiro Ito]
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