Kaze Hikaru is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taeko Watanabe. Set in the bakumatsu period, the story follows Tominaga Sei, a young girl who poses as a boy named Kamiya Seizaburō so
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Tominaga Sei and Okita Sōji
Hajime Saitō was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served as the captain of the third unit of the Shinsengumi. He was one of the few core members who survived the numerous w
Saitō Hajime in 1897
Photo believed to depict Saitō Hajime (as Fujita Gorō) (bottom right encircled) with his police troop.
Saitō (as Fujita Gorō), 53, is seated with his second son Tsuyoshi, his eldest son Tsutomu, and his wife Tokio in 1897, his third son Tatsuo (not pictured) had since adopted into the Numazawa family
Saito's grave at Amidaji, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan in 2008