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[[File:Kodama-bros.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Gravestone for Kodama Sanenao at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]]
*''Japanese'': 兒玉兄弟 ''(Kodama kyoudai)''
The Kodama brothers were five brothers who all fought and died in various portions of the [[1877]] [[Satsuma Rebellion]], mostly in and around [[Kumamoto]]. All are buried together in the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].
The five brothers were:
*Kodama Sanenao 実直, also known as Hachinoshin, who died at Ogawa in [[Higo province]] on 1877/3/26, at the age of 35.
*Sanekiyo 真清, also known as Yahachirô, who died at Takemura in Higo province on 1877/6/15, at the age of 32.
*Saneyasu 真休, also known as Jûrô, who died at Kitome in Higo province on 1877/3/5, at the age of 28.
*Sanetake 実健, also known as Hachirô, who died at Tabaru in Higo province on 1877/3/11 at the age of 23. *Hikokichi 彦吉, who died at age 17 at the [[battle of Shiroyama]], in Kagoshima City, on 1877/9/24.
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==References==
*Plaque at Nanshû Cemetery, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066970328/in/dateposted-public/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Japanese'': 兒玉兄弟 ''(Kodama kyoudai)''
The Kodama brothers were five brothers who all fought and died in various portions of the [[1877]] [[Satsuma Rebellion]], mostly in and around [[Kumamoto]]. All are buried together in the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]].
The five brothers were:
*Kodama Sanenao 実直, also known as Hachinoshin, who died at Ogawa in [[Higo province]] on 1877/3/26, at the age of 35.
*Sanekiyo 真清, also known as Yahachirô, who died at Takemura in Higo province on 1877/6/15, at the age of 32.
*Saneyasu 真休, also known as Jûrô, who died at Kitome in Higo province on 1877/3/5, at the age of 28.
*Sanetake 実健, also known as Hachirô, who died at Tabaru in Higo province on 1877/3/11 at the age of 23. *Hikokichi 彦吉, who died at age 17 at the [[battle of Shiroyama]], in Kagoshima City, on 1877/9/24.
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==References==
*Plaque at Nanshû Cemetery, Kagoshima.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15066970328/in/dateposted-public/]
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]