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Created page with "*''Died: 1877/9/24'' *''Other Names'': 壮九郎 ''(Sôkurô)'' *''Japanese'': 小倉 知周 ''(Ogura Tomochika)'' Ogura Sôkurô Tomochika was a notable Satsuma comm..."
*''Died: [[1877]]/9/24''
*''Other Names'': 壮九郎 ''(Sôkurô)''
*''Japanese'': [[小倉]] 知周 ''(Ogura Tomochika)''
Ogura Sôkurô Tomochika was a notable Satsuma commander in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
The older brother of [[Togo Heihachiro|Tôgô Heihachirô]], Tomochika held a position as colonel in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] for a short time before resigning in [[1873]] and returning to Kagoshima, where he became mayor of [[Tanegashima]].
During the Satsuma Rebellion, he led the ninth platoon of the third rebellion. He committed suicide on [[1877]]/9/24 amidst the [[battle of Shiroyama]], and was buried alongside [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and others at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in Kagoshima.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Nanshû Cemetery, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066782829/sizes/l/]
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[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Other Names'': 壮九郎 ''(Sôkurô)''
*''Japanese'': [[小倉]] 知周 ''(Ogura Tomochika)''
Ogura Sôkurô Tomochika was a notable Satsuma commander in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
The older brother of [[Togo Heihachiro|Tôgô Heihachirô]], Tomochika held a position as colonel in the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] for a short time before resigning in [[1873]] and returning to Kagoshima, where he became mayor of [[Tanegashima]].
During the Satsuma Rebellion, he led the ninth platoon of the third rebellion. He committed suicide on [[1877]]/9/24 amidst the [[battle of Shiroyama]], and was buried alongside [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] and others at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in Kagoshima.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Nanshû Cemetery, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066782829/sizes/l/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]