Yamanami Keisuke was the General Commander of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late Edo period.
12 Facts About Yamanami Keisuke
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Yamanami Keisuke was very much admired by the Head Instructor at the Shieikan, Okita Sojiro, who called him a big brother.
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Yamanami Keisuke served as a vice-commander, alongside Hijikata Toshizo after Niimi Nishiki was demoted for instigating a vicious street brawl with sumo wrestlers in Kyoto.
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Yamanami Keisuke was said to be one of the Shieikan members involved in the Serizawa Kamo assassination in 1863.
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Yamanami Keisuke did not take part in the famed Ikedaya incident in 1864, instead he guarded the group's headquarters.
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Yamanami Keisuke was apparently vexed over the lately inflated self-importance of Kondo and Hijikata.
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Yamanami Keisuke felt that they had forgotten the original purpose for which the members of the Shieikan had enlisted in the "loyal and patriotic" corps.
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Yamanami Keisuke objected to what he considered coercion of Buddhist priests.
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Yamanami Keisuke composed a farewell letter explaining the reasons he could no longer, in good conscience, risk his life under Kondo's command.
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Yamanami Keisuke fled to Otsu, and Kondo sent Okita to retrieve him.
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Yamanami Keisuke asked Okita to serve as his second, or kaishakunin.
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Yamanami Keisuke was buried at the Koen Temple in Kyoto.