Battle of Aizu
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The Battle of Aizu was fought in northern Japan from October to November in autumn 1868, and was part of the Boshin War.
Itagaki Taisuke and Matsudaira Katamori（Battle of Aizu）
The damaged Aizu-Wakamatsu castle right after the Battle of Aizu
Memorial service for the Boshin war dead the Imperial Army in Aizu
Byakkotai warriors
Byakkotai
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The Byakkotai was a group of around 305 young teenage samurai of the Aizu Domain, who fought in the Boshin War on the side of the Tokugawa shogunate.
Battle of Aizu
…forces besieged at Tsuruga Castle, the seat of the Aizu domain, on October 6, 1868. This was the start of a month-long siege. A detached unit from the Byakkotai ("White Tiger Company") — young, predominantly teenage, samurai — are famous for having committed seppuku (a form of ritual suicide) on Mount Iimori…
Pompeii column from Benito Mussolini currently erected on Iimoriyama
Memorial on Iimori Mountain.
Tablets with the names of Byakkotai members who committed suicide.