Ikedaya incident
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The Ikedaya incident, 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 domai
Ikedaya in April 2010
The commemorative plaque standing at the former site of the Ikedaya Inn
This stone marker stele next to the site of the Ikedaya is engraved with the name of Furutaka Shuntarō, a man tortured by Hijikata Toshizō of the Shinsengumi and the one who gave the information necessary for them to start the famous Ikedaya incident.
Shinsengumi
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The Shinsengumi was a small secret police organization, an elite group of swordsmen organized by commoners and low-ranking samurai, commissioned by the bakufu during Japan's Bakumatsu period in 1863.
Ikedaya incident
…an armed encounter between the shishi which included masterless samurai (rōnin) formally employed by the Chōshū, Tosa and Higo domains (han), and the Shinsengumi, the Bakufu's special police force in Kyoto on July 8, 1864, at the Ikedaya Inn in Sanjō-Kawaramachi, Kyoto, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Kyoto…
Ancient Kondō Isami's quarters at Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. One of the former Shinsengumi headquarters
Mannequins dressed in Shinsengumi uniform
Coat of mail and helmet of Kondō Isami