Kiheitai
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The Kiheitai was a volunteer militia raised by Takasugi Shinsaku of the Chōshū domain during the Bakumatsu period of Japan.
Kiheitai Militia 1864-1866
Chōshū Domain
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The Chōshū Domain, also known as the Hagi Domain, was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.
Kiheitai
…The Kiheitai (奇兵隊, Irregular Militia) was a volunteer militia raised by Takasugi Shinsaku of the Chōshū domain during the Bakumatsu period of Japan. Formed in 1863 by Takasugi Shinsaku in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Kiheitai militia consisted…
Former site of Hagi Castle in Hagi
Mōri Takachika
Hagi Castle, the seat of the Mōri Lords of Chōshū