Tanaka Tosa

Tanaka Tosa (田中土佐, September 7, 1820 – October 8, 1868) was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period who was a retainer of the Matsudaira clan of Aizu. He served as a karō in the Aizu administration, and fought in the Boshin War.^[1] Upon the entry of Imperial Japanese Army forces into the Tsuruga Castle town, he led an effort to halt their advance. Upon defeat, he followed fellow karō Jinbo Kuranosuke into a nearby doctor's house, and committed seppuku.

References

^ Majima Isao, "Matsudaira Katamori kashindan jinmei jiten," in Matsudaira Katamori no subete, p. 197.

Tsunabuchi Kenjo (1984). Matsudaira Katamori no subete. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.
Nakamura Akihiko (2006). Byakkotai.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20071218204343/http://bakumatu.727.net/aidu/aidu-jinbutu-tosa.htm

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[1] Majima Isao, "Matsudaira Katamori kashindan jinmei jiten," in Matsudaira Katamori no subete, p. 197.

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