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[[File:Morikawa-Masakazu.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Morikawa's tombstone at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]]
*''Died: [[1877]]/6/23''
*''Other Names'': 茂手木政一 ''(Motegi Masakazu)''
*''Japanese'': 森川政一 ''(Morikawa Masakazu)''
Morikawa Masakazu, originally known as Motegi Masakazu, was an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] soldier in the [[Boshin War]] and Satsuma fighter who died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
Originally from [[Yamanashi prefecture]], he was studying in [[Kyoto]] when he joined up with the [[Meiji government]] military. Later adopted by a member of the Morikawa family of [[Shimazu clan]] retainers, he fought on the side of the Satsuma ''[[shizoku]]'' rebels in the Satsuma Rebellion, dying in battle in the area of [[Bungo province]], on [[1877]]/6/23, at the age of 34. He is buried in the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at Morikawa's grave in the Nanshû Cemetery, Kagoshima.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Died: [[1877]]/6/23''
*''Other Names'': 茂手木政一 ''(Motegi Masakazu)''
*''Japanese'': 森川政一 ''(Morikawa Masakazu)''
Morikawa Masakazu, originally known as Motegi Masakazu, was an [[Imperial Japanese Army]] soldier in the [[Boshin War]] and Satsuma fighter who died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
Originally from [[Yamanashi prefecture]], he was studying in [[Kyoto]] when he joined up with the [[Meiji government]] military. Later adopted by a member of the Morikawa family of [[Shimazu clan]] retainers, he fought on the side of the Satsuma ''[[shizoku]]'' rebels in the Satsuma Rebellion, dying in battle in the area of [[Bungo province]], on [[1877]]/6/23, at the age of 34. He is buried in the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].
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==References==
*Plaque on-site at Morikawa's grave in the Nanshû Cemetery, Kagoshima.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]