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Japanese:新選組 or 新撰組

The Shinsengumi was a special police force in Kyoto, which was organized by the Bakufu during the Bakumatsu period .

Roshigumi

In 1862, the Bakufu recruited Ronin to guard the Shogun Iemochi on the occasion of a visit to Kyoto. It was planned by Kiyokawa Hachiro of Shonai han. Around 200 Ronin formed the Roshigumi, they headed to Kyoto in Feburuary 1863. The supervisors were Matsudaira Chikaranosuke, Udono Kyuo, Kubota Shigekatsu, Yamaoka Tesshu, Nakajo Kinnosuke, Sasaki Tadasaburo. Right after they arrived at Kyoto, Kiyokawa's conspiracy was revealed. The Roshigumi decided to return Edo except Kondo Isami's Shieikan and Serizawa Kamo's Mito group. Some other members also remained with them in Mibu village, Kyoto. In March, They named Mibu Roshigumi. The Mibu Roshigumi was hired by Aizu han the Military Commissioner of Kyoto In August, they were dispatched for the Political change on August 18. Lord Matsudaura Katamori evaluated their job and gave them new name Shinsengumi. (Some sources say the name was given by Buku Denso)

Shinsengumi

September 1863, Shieikan group purged Mito group to control over Shinsengumi. In 1864 Shinsengumi raided Ikedaya where Sonjo Roshi were planning to burn Kyoto. After following Kinmon rebellion , Shinsengumi recruited more than 200 new members with the prize money given by the Imperial court, Bakufu and Aizu han.

The new members included Ito Kashitaro group who Kondo recruited in Edo. The Shinsengumi headquarter moved to Nishi Hongan-ji from Mibu. 1867 shortly after Shinsengumi were officialy hired as Bakushin , Ito Kashitaro group were separated and formed Goryo Eji. They were assassinated.(Incident at Aburano Koji)

Boshin War

January 1868 , Boshin war was started with the Battle of Toba-Fushimi and both Inoue Genzaburo and Yamazaki Susumu were killed. Shinsengumi and other Bakufu troops flighted to Edo with battleship Fujisan Maru . Shinsengumi was reorganized to Koyo Chinbutai. The Koyo Chinbutai headed to take over Kofu castle, but lost the Battle of Koshu-Katsunuma. When they returned to Edo, Nagakura Shinpachi and Harada Sanosuke left the Koyo Chinbutai and formed Seikyotai. Kondo was captured in Nagareyama three weeks later and executed at Itabashi. Harada died from injuries received during the Battle of Ueno. Two weeks later, Okita Soji died of Tuberculosis. Hijikata Toshizo was wounded at the Battle of Utsunomiya castle, Saito Hajime then became the commander of the Aizu Shinsengumi during the Battle of Aizu and he decided to remain with the Aizu samurai when Hijikata decided to go to Hakodate. In May 1869 Hijikata was shot and killed at the Battle of Hakodate and the last Shinsengumi commander Soma Kazue surrendered. He was exiled to Niijima island later.

Shinsengumi Chronology

1863 (Bunkyû 3)

2/8 Rôshigumi is organized.
3/12 Rename to the Mibu Rôshigumi
3/25 Assassination of Tonouchi Yoshio
6/3 Fighting with Sumo wrestlers in Osaka.
8/12 Serizawa burns down the Yamatoya.
8/18 Political change of August 18. Mibu Rôshigumi is given new name "Shinsengumi"
9/13 Shinmi Nishiki commits seppuku.
9/18 Assassination of Serizawa Kamo.
9/26 Assassination of spies from Choshu.
12/27 Noguchi Kenji commits seppuku.

1864 (Genji 1)

6/5 Raid on Ikedaya.
6/10 Raid on Akebonotei.
7/19 Kinmon rebellion.
8 Nagakura makes a petition to Katamori.
10/27 Itô Kashitarô joins.

1865 (Keiô 1)

1/8 Raid on Zenzaiya.
2/23 Yamanami commits seppuku.
3/10 Shinsengumi moves to Nishi Hongan-ji.
9/1 Matsubara Chuji dies.

1866 (Keiô 2)

2/15 Kawai Kisaburo commits seppuku.
4/1 Tani Sanjuro dies.
9/12 Sanjo Seisatsu Incident.

1867 (Keiô 3)

3/20 Ito Kashitaro and 12 other members separated.
6/10 All Shinsengumi members appointed to be Bakushin.
6/15 Shinsengumi move to Fudodo village.
6/22 Assassination of Takeda Kanryusai.
11/18 Incident at Aburanokoji.
12/7 Incident at Tenmaya.
12/18 Kondo gets shot.

1868 (Keiô 4, Meiji 1)

1/3 Battle of Toba-Fushimi.
1/5 Battle of Yodo-Senryomatsu.
1/5 Battle of Hashimoto.
1/10 Yamazaki Susumu dies in Fujisanmaru.
3/6 Battle of Koshu-Katsunuma.
3/12 Nagakura,Harada leave Shinsengumi.
4/2 Shinsengumi arrive at Nagareyama.
4/3 Kondo captured.
4/12 Hijikata joins Bakufu troops.
4/19 Battle of Utsunomiya castle.
4/25 Exection of Kondo Isami at Itabashi.
int. 4/25 Battle of Shirakawaguchi.
5/17 Harada Sanosuke dies.
5/30 Okita Soji dies.
8/21 Battle of Bonari pass.
10/26 Bakufu troops enter Goryokaku, Hakodate.

1869 (Meiji 2)

3/25 Battle of Miyako bay.
4/13 First Battle of Futamataguchi.
4/24 Second Battle of Futamataguchi.
5/5 Ichimura Tetsunosuke escapes from Hakodate.
5/11 Hijikata Toshizo killed.
5/14 Soma Kazue surrenders.
5/18 Bakufu troops surrenders. Boshin war ends.

Members

(There were more than 400 members.)

Spies,Investigators 監察方 (Kansatsugata)

Corporals 伍長 (Gochô)

Accountants 勘定方 (Kanjôgata)

Mibu Roshigumi 壬生浪士組

Serizawa Kamo (Commander)
Niimi Nishiki (Commander, later Vice commander)
Noguchi Kenji
Hirama Jusuke
Hirayama Goro
Saeki Matasaburo
Tonouchi Yoshio
Iesato Jiro
Negishi Yuzan
Kasuya Shingoro
Endo Joan
Kamishiro Jinnosuke
Abiru Eisaburo
Suzuki Chozo
Shimizu Goichi

Other members

Regulations

The Shinsengumi Regulations (Kyokuchu Hatto) were established to control the members. The regulations were first used to purge Serizawa's Mito group.

Deviating from Bushido.
Leaving the Shinsengumi.
Raising money privately.
Taking part in litigations.
Engaging in private fights.
Anybody who breaks the rules will be ordered to commit seppuku.

Uniform

The famous blue Haori was designed from Chushingura. The pale blue color Asagi was known as the color of seppuku Kamishimo. But this Haori was used only for a year.

Shinsengumi in Fiction

Film

Shinsengumi (新選組) 1925 (Director:Tsuji Yoshiro )
Shinsengumi Taicho Kondo Isami (新撰組隊長近藤勇) 1928-29(Director: Inutsuka Minoru)
Kobo Shinsengumi (興亡新選組) 1930 (Director:Ito Daisuke )
Ikinokotta Shinsengumi (生き残った新撰組) 1932(Director:Kinugasa Teinosuke )
Shinsengumi Hika (新撰組悲歌) 1934 (Director: Masuda Yasuo)
Shinsengumi (新選組) 1937 (Director: Kimura Sotoji)
Shinsengumi (新撰組) 1938 (Director: Makino Masahiro)
Shinsengumi Kyouraku Fuun no maki (新選組京洛風雲の巻) 1952(Director: Hagiwara Ryo )
Shinsengumi Ikedaya Sodo (新選組池田屋騒動) 1952(Director:Hagiwara Ryo )
Shinsengumi Maken Ranbu(新選組魔剣乱舞)1952(Director:Hagiwara Ryo )
Ikedaya Sodo (池田屋騒動) 1953 (Director: Ikeda Tomiyasu)
Shinsengumi Oni Taicho (新選組鬼隊長) 1954 (Director:Kouno Toshikazu )
Shinsengumi (新選組) 1958 (Director: Sasaki Yasushi )
Souretsu Shinsengumi (壮烈新選組) 1960 (Director:Sasaki Yasushi )
Fu-un Shinsengumi (風雲新撰組) 1961 (Director:Mouri Masaki )
Shinsengumi Keppuroku Kondo Isami (新選組血風録・近藤勇) 1963 (Director: Ozawa Shigehiro)
Shinsengumi Shimatsuki (新選組始末記) 1963 (Director:Misumi Kenji)
Moeyo Ken (燃えよ剣) 1966 (Director: Ichimura Taiichi)
Shinsengumi (新選組) 1969 (Director:Sawamura Tadashi )
Okita Soji (沖田総司) 1974 (Director: Deme Masanobu)
Gohatto (御法度) 1999 (Director: Oshima Nagisa)
Shinsengumi (新撰組) 2000 (Director: Ichikawa Kon )
When the Last Sword is Drawn (壬生義士伝) 2003 (Director: Takita Yojiro)

Television

Shinsengumi Shimatsuki (新選組始末記) TBS 1961
Shinsengumi Keppuroku (新選組血風録) NET 1965-66
Shinsengumi (新選組) CX
Moeyo Ken (燃えよ剣) NET 1970
Shinsengumi Shimatsuki (新選組始末記) NET 1977
Mibu no Koiuta (壬生の恋唄) NHK 1983
Moeyo Ken (燃えよ剣) TX 1990
Shinsengumi Ikedaya no ketto (新選組池田屋の決闘) TBS 1992
Shinsengumi Keppuroku (新選組血風録) ANB 1999
Shinsengumi! (新選組) 43rd NHK Taiga Drama 2004

Books

Shinsengumi Shimatsuki (新選組始末記) Shimozawa Kan
Shinsengumi Monogatari (新選組物語) Shimozawa Kan
Shinsengumi Keppuroku (新選組血風録) Shiba Ryotaro
Moeyo Ken (燃えよ剣) Shiba Ryotaro
Bakumatsu Shinsengumi (幕末新選組) Ikenami Shotaro
Kondo Isami Hakusho (近藤勇白書) Ikenami Shotaro
Mibu Gishi Den (壬生義士伝) Asada Jiro
Wachigai-ya Itosato (輪違屋糸里) Asada Jiro
Itsuno hi ka kaeru (いつの日か還る) Nakamura Akihiko
Shinsengumi Bakumatsu no Aoarashi (新選組幕末の青嵐) Kiuchi Noboru
Jimushi Naku (地虫鳴く) Kiuchi Noboru
Shinsengumi Kodaijito (新選組・高台寺党) Ichii Koichi
Shinsengumi ga iku (新撰組が行く) Domon Fuyuji

Shinsengumi research books

Japanese

Shinsengumi - Honor and Determination of the Mibu Rôshi (血誠新撰組-峻烈壬生浪士忠と斬), Rekishi Gunzô series #31, Gakken, Japan, 2003
Shinsengumi Ibun (新選組遺聞) Shimozawa Kan
Shinsengumi Tenmatsuki (新撰組顛末記) Nagakura Shinpachi
Shinsengumi Nikki (新選組日記) Kimura Yukihiko
Shinsengumi Shiryo-shu (新選組史料集) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha
Zoku Shinsengumi Shiryo-shu (続新選組史料集) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha
Shinsengumi Nisshi (新選組日誌) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha
Shinsengumi Shiseki Jiten East Japan (新選組史跡事典東日本編) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha
Shinsengumi Shiseki Jiten West Japan (新選組史跡事典西日本編) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha
Shinsengumi Dai Jinmei Jiten (新選組大人名事典) Shinjinbutsu Orai sha
Shinsengumi Zentaishi Tettei Guide (新選組全隊士徹底ガイド) Maeda Masaki
Shinsengumi Shashin Zenshu (新選組写真全集) Tsuri Yoichi
Shinsengumi 100 wa (新選組100話) Suzuki Toru
Kikigaki Shinsengumi (聞きがき新選組) Sato Akira
Shinsengumi Yowa (新選組余話) Kojima Masataka

English

Hillsborough, Romulus. Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps, Tuttle Publishing, 2005

References

Shinsengumi Zentaishi Tettei Guide (新選組全隊士徹底ガイド) Maeda Masaki
Shinsengumi Shashin Zenshu (新選組写真全集) Tsuri Yoichi
Shinsengumi 100 wa (新選組100話) Suzuki Toru
Shinsengumi Tenmatsuki (新撰組顛末記) Nagakura Shinpachi
Shinsengumi Nikki (新選組日記) Kimura Yukihiko
Shinsengumi Taishi Den (新選組隊士伝) Gakken
Shinsengumi (新選組) Sekai Bunkasha
The Shinsengumi Exhibition catalog 2004

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