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Shimazu Keijirô was a [[Satsuma han]] samurai who fought and died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].

Shimazu Keijirô was a [[Satsuma han]] samurai who fought and died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].

He was the third son of [[Shimazu Tadahiro]] of the Sadowara branch of the [[Shimazu clan]], and studied overseas in the United States for about seven years, from [[1869]] until [[1876]], when he returned to Japan and joined the [[Freedom and People's Rights Movement]] (''Jiyû minken undô''). In the [[1877]] Satsuma Rebellion, he fought alongside the 500-man Sadowara army, dying in the Battle of Shiroyama on September 24th that year at the age of 21, alongside his followers Mishima Mitsugu<!--三島貢之--> (age 38), Nakamura Michiharu<!--中村道晴--> (age 26), and Arimura Takehide<!--有村武英--> (age 20). They were buried together at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].

He was the third son of [[Shimazu Tadahiro]] of the [[Sadowara han|Sadowara]] branch of the [[Shimazu clan]], and studied overseas in the United States for about seven years, from [[1869]] until [[1876]], when he returned to Japan and joined the [[Freedom and People's Rights Movement]] (''Jiyû minken undô''). In the [[1877]] Satsuma Rebellion, he fought alongside the 500-man Sadowara army, dying in the Battle of Shiroyama on September 24th that year at the age of 21, alongside his followers Mishima Mitsugu<!--三島貢之--> (age 38), Nakamura Michiharu<!--中村道晴--> (age 26), and Arimura Takehide<!--有村武英--> (age 20). They were buried together at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].

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==References==

*Plaques on-site at Shimazu's grave at the Nanshû Cemetery.

*Plaques on-site at Shimazu's grave at the Nanshû Cemetery.