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[[File:Nakamura-josuke.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Grave of Nakamura Josuke at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]] in [[Kagoshima]]]]
*''Died: [[1877]]/4/20''
*''Japanese'': [[中村]]恕助 ''(Nakamura Josuke)''
Nakamura Josuke was an Imperial [[shishi|loyalist]], originally from [[Akita prefecture]], who turned against the [[Meiji government]], and died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
Initially involved in loyalist (''shishi'') circles in Kyoto, he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in [[1870]]. As the Satsuma Rebellion began in [[1877]], however, he applied to join the rebel army, and was released by [[Kagoshima prefecture]] governor [[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi]].
He died in battle at the age of 34 at Hotakubo, outside of [[Kumamoto castle]], on April 20, 1877, and is buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Nanshû Cemetery.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
*''Died: [[1877]]/4/20''
*''Japanese'': [[中村]]恕助 ''(Nakamura Josuke)''
Nakamura Josuke was an Imperial [[shishi|loyalist]], originally from [[Akita prefecture]], who turned against the [[Meiji government]], and died in the [[Satsuma Rebellion]].
Initially involved in loyalist (''shishi'') circles in Kyoto, he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in [[1870]]. As the Satsuma Rebellion began in [[1877]], however, he applied to join the rebel army, and was released by [[Kagoshima prefecture]] governor [[Oyama Tsunayoshi|Ôyama Tsunayoshi]].
He died in battle at the age of 34 at Hotakubo, outside of [[Kumamoto castle]], on April 20, 1877, and is buried at the [[Nanshu Cemetery|Nanshû Cemetery]].
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==References==
*Plaques on-site at Nanshû Cemetery.
[[Category:Samurai]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
