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Death anniversary of Shinsengumi's Saito Hajime (Fukushima Prefecture)

September 28th marks the anniversary of the death of Hajime Saito, who served as an assistant vice-commander, captain of the 4th unit, captain of the 3rd unit, and fencing instructor in the Shinsengumi during the late Edo period .

The Shinsengumi, who were under the care of Matsudaira Katamori, the lord of the Aizu domain and Kyoto protector, came under the command of the Aizu domain during the Boshin War

Saito fought in the Battle of Shirakawaguchi and the Battle of Mother Pass, before retreating to Wakamatsu. While other Shinsengumi members continued to fight north, Saito remained in Aizu and continued to resist the new government forces outside Wakamatsu Castle together with Aizu samurai

Even after surrendering, he shared the same fate as the Aizu Domain, and when the Tonami Domain was established, he went to the Shimokita Peninsula as a Tonami samurai. At this time, he changed his name to Fujita Goro

In July 1874 (Meiji 7), he moved to Tokyo and became a police officer

September 28, 1915 (Taisho 4)from a stomach ulcer in Masago-cho, Hongo-ku, Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, at the age of 72. He was buried at Amida-ji Temple in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, a place associated with the Aizu Domain.

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Amidaji Temple, where the Aizu clan's war dead from the Boshin War are buried and where the grave of Shinsengumi member Saito Hajime is located (Fukushima Prefecture)

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Nanokamachi is located west of the city center of Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture. During the feudal era, the area was traversed by roads such as the Echigo Kaido and Yonezawa Kaido, lined with inns and restaurants. In modern times, from the mid-Showa period, it became Aizu's busiest shopping district. Today, the area is a popular tourist spot, filled with retro Western-style storehouses and wooden buildings evocative of the romanticism of the Taisho era. Amidaji Temple, located in one corner of Nanokamachi, is home to the graves of Aizu samurai who lost their lives in the Boshin War (also known as the Aizu War) during the late Edo period, as well as the grave of Saito Hajime (Fujita Goro), commander of the Shinsengumi's third unit, who fought alongside the Aizu clan against the new government forces...

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