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[[File:Tanegashimahikonojo.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The grave of Tanegashima Hikonojô at the Nanshû Cemetery.]]
*''Born: [[1857]]?''
*''Died: [[1877]]/8/7''
*''Japanese'': [[種子島]]彦之丞 ''(Tanegashima Hikonojou)''
Tanegashima Hikonojô was co-leader of the 14th Kiheitai Army in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
He was the second son of [[Tanegashima Rokuro|Tanegashima Rokurô]], ''[[sobayonin|sobayônin]]'' to [[Shimazu Nariakira]], and was a descendant of [[Tanegashima Tokitaka]], the [[Tanegashima clan]] lord who played a central role in the first introduction of European [[teppo|firearms]] into Japan in the 16th century.
Hikonojô was wounded in battle on 1877/8/7, and later died of his injuries in Yamage (today, Hyûga City), [[Miyazaki prefecture]], at the young age of 20. He is buried in the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]], alongside others who died in the Satsuma Rebellion.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].
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*''Born: [[1857]]?''
*''Died: [[1877]]/8/7''
*''Japanese'': [[種子島]]彦之丞 ''(Tanegashima Hikonojou)''
Tanegashima Hikonojô was co-leader of the 14th Kiheitai Army in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
He was the second son of [[Tanegashima Rokuro|Tanegashima Rokurô]], ''[[sobayonin|sobayônin]]'' to [[Shimazu Nariakira]], and was a descendant of [[Tanegashima Tokitaka]], the [[Tanegashima clan]] lord who played a central role in the first introduction of European [[teppo|firearms]] into Japan in the 16th century.
Hikonojô was wounded in battle on 1877/8/7, and later died of his injuries in Yamage (today, Hyûga City), [[Miyazaki prefecture]], at the young age of 20. He is buried in the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]], alongside others who died in the Satsuma Rebellion.
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]