1. Nagakura Shinpachi was the captain of the 2nd troop of the Shinsengumi, He was later known as Sugimura Yoshie during the Meiji era.
14 Facts About Nagakura Shinpachi
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Nagakura Shinpachi Noriyuki, known as Eikichi or Eiji during his childhood, was born in the Matsumae clan's "kami-yashiki" in Edo on the 11th day of the fourth month of Tenpo 10.
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Nagakura Shinpachi's father, Nagakura Kanji, was a retainer of the Matsumae clan, with a 150 koku stipend.
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At eight, Nagakura Shinpachi entered Okada Juusuke Toshisada's Shindo Munen-ryu dojo; at age eighteen he reached mokuroku, and received the menkyo kaiden certification.
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Nagakura Shinpachi spent some time at Yurimoto Shuuzou's Shinto Munen Ryu dojo.
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Nagakura Shinpachi spent time at Tsubouchi Shume's Shingyoto Ryu dojo, where he met Shimada Kai, the future vice-captain of the Shinsengumi 2nd unit.
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Nagakura Shinpachi became a fukuchou jokin in 1863.
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On July 8,1864, during the Ikedaya incident, Nagakura Shinpachi was one of ten members which included Okita Soji, Todo Heisuke, and Kondo being the leader of the first group to raid inside the Ikedaya Inn, he later suffered a deep wound on his left thumb and his sword was broken during the battle.
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Nagakura Shinpachi then became the captain of the 2nd unit in 1865.
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On December 13,1867, Nagakura Shinpachi was involved with Harada Sanosuke and several other Shinsengumi members during the Aburanokoji incident with the ambush of Ito Kashitaro's Goryo Eji Kodai-ji faction, which consisted of a small group of Shinsengumi defectors.
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Nagakura Shinpachi had a daughter Iso with a geisha from Shimabara Kameya in Kyoto known only by her stage name as Kotsune, who died after her birth in December 1867.
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In 1871, Nagakura Shinpachi married Sugimura Kine, daughter of the physician Sugimura Kaname.
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Nagakura Shinpachi had lent his written memoirs to an acquaintance long before his newspaper interview, but the memoirs were never returned to him.
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Nagakura Shinpachi is prominently featured in the 2014 historical fiction The Soldier and the Samurai.