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.
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
Hijikata Toshizō
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Hijikata Toshizō was a Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period and Vice-Commander of the Shinsengumi. As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group in its resistance agai
Hijikata Toshizo
The oldest grave memorial of Hijikata Toshizo in Hakodate
Grave memorial of Hijikata family (Hijikata Toshizō's on the right) at Sekidenji, Hino, Tokyo, Japan
Hijikata bust near the Hijikata Toshizō Museum, Takahata Fudo, Hino, Tokyo