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* Japanese: 御陵衛士 ''(Goryo Eji)'' also called 高台寺党 ''(Kodai-ji To)''
[[Image:月真院.JPG|right|thumb|Memorial of Goryo Eji]]
"Goryo Eji" means ''Guards of Emperor's Tomb''.
Goryo Eji means the 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 11/18 (December 13th, 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 Goryo Eji ran into a [[Satsuma han]] residence and later fought against the [[Bakufu]] under Satsuma han during the [[Boshin War]].
==Members==
==Members==
* [[Saito Hajime]]
* [[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==
* ''[http://www.kodaiji.com/ Kodai-ji] (Japanese)''
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