Difference between revisions of "Yamaoka Tesshu"
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* ''Birth: [[1836]]'' | * ''Birth: [[1836]]'' | ||
* ''Death: [[1888]]'' | * ''Death: [[1888]]'' | ||
| − | * ''Titles: Bakufu Kenjutsu Sewayaku'' | + | * ''Titles: Bakufu Kenjutsu Sewayaku, Viscount'' |
* ''Other name: Ono Tetsutaro'' | * ''Other name: Ono Tetsutaro'' | ||
* ''Japanese'': 山岡鉄舟 (Yamaoka Tesshu) 山岡鉄太郎高歩 (Yamaoka Tetsutaro Takayuki) | * ''Japanese'': 山岡鉄舟 (Yamaoka Tesshu) 山岡鉄太郎高歩 (Yamaoka Tetsutaro Takayuki) | ||
Revision as of 03:57, 29 January 2007
- Birth: 1836
- Death: 1888
- Titles: Bakufu Kenjutsu Sewayaku, Viscount
- Other name: Ono Tetsutaro
- Japanese: 山岡鉄舟 (Yamaoka Tesshu) 山岡鉄太郎高歩 (Yamaoka Tetsutaro Takayuki)
Back Ground
Ono Tetsutaro was born as a son of Okura Bugyo Ono Tomoemon and later he was adopted to Hatamoto Yamaoka family. He learned Hokushin Itto Ryu from Chiba Shusaku in Kobusho and became the Kobusho Kenjutsu Sewayaku.
Bakumatsu
1857, he formed Torao Party with Kiyokawa Hachiro.
1863, he and Kiyokawa were appointed to be directors of the Roshigumi but Kiyokawa suddenly changed the purpose of the Roshigumi right after when they arrived Kyoto and made all but 24 people return to Edo. In April, Kiyokawa was assassinated and Yamaoka was put in disciplinary confinement. Same time, he met Asari Matashichiro and learned Itto Ryu. 1868/3/9, he visited Saigo Takamori in Sunpu by an order of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, and succeeded to reach the agreement about a basic condition of Edo surrender.
