Goryo Eji

Japenese: 御陵衛士 (Goryo Eji) also called 高台寺党 (Kodai-ji To)

"Goryo Eji" means Guards of Emperor's Tomb.

In March, 1867, shortly after Emperor Komei died, Ito Kashitaro and his comrades separated from the Shinsengumi and formed the Goryo Eji.

They first were stationed in Choen-ji then moved to Kodai-ji. Saito Hajime had joined as a spy sent by Kondo Isami, and reported to Kondo that the Goryo Eji were planning to assassinate him.

On November 18 (12/13/1867), Kondo invited Ito to his resident in Samegai for a party. Ito was assassinated by the Shinsengumi members on the way back to Kodai-ji that night. The Goryo Eji members who came to pick up his body were also attacked. (Incident at Aburano Koji) The surviving members of the Gryo Eji ran into a Satsuma han residence and later fought against the Bakufu under Satsuma han during the Boshin War.

Members

• Ito Kashitaro
• Todo Heisuke
• Suzuki Mikisaburo
• Shinohara Tainoshin
• Monai Arinosuke
• Kano Washio
• Hattori Takeo
• Utsumi Jiro
• Nakajima Noboru
• Tomiyama Yahei
• Abe Juro
• Hashimoto Kaisuke
• Kiyohara Kiyoshi
• Arai Tadao
• Saito Hajime

Research Books

• Shinsengumi Kodaiji-to (新選組・高台寺党) Ichii Koichi

References

• Shinsengumi (新選組) Sekai Bunkasha
• Shinsengumi Taishi Den (新選組隊士伝) Gakken
• Shinsengumi 100 Wa (新選組100話) Suzuki Toru

External Links

• Kodai-ji (Japanese)