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[[File:Nagayama-morihiro.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Grave of Nagayama Morihiro at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]]
*''Died: [[1877]]/4''
*''Other Names'': 弥一郎 ''(Yaichirô)''
*''Japanese'': 永山盛弘 ''(Nagayama Morihiro)''

Nagayama Morihiro was the one-time head of the ''[[tondenhei]]'' (military settler colonists in [[Hokkaido|Hokkaidô]]) and a notable commander of Satsuma forces in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].

Nagayama held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (''chûsa'') in the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] for a time, and was head of the ''tondenhei'' in Hokkaidô as of [[1871]]. He resigned from those positions in [[1875]] and returned to [[Kagoshima]], where he became head of Satsuma's third battalion in the [[1877]] Satsuma Rebellion.

While leading forces in the [[battle of Mifune]] in [[Kumamoto prefecture]] in April 1877, he found himself surrounded; barricading himself in a nearby home, he lit the home on fire and committed suicide. He is buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].

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==References==
*Plaques on-site at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066790269/sizes/l/]

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