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    The Byakkotai (白虎隊, "White Tiger Unit") was a group of around 305 young teenage samurai of the Aizu Domain, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869) on...
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    Moon) within the White Tiger. The names and determinative stars are: Byakkotai "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original...
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    former member of the Byakkotai of the Aizu Domain. He lied about his age to join the military, and was assigned to the Byakkotai division - essentially...
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    1868. This was the start of a month-long siege. A detached unit from the Byakkotai ("White Tiger Company") — young, predominantly teenage, samurai — are...
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  • served the Matsudaira clan of Aizu. He was the leader of a detachment of Byakkotai troops who got separated from their main unit, and arrived at the top...
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    core of the modern National Historic Site. With the popularity of the Byakkotai story in pre-war Japan, a movement arose to preserve the site of the castle...
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    the Aizu domain. He was the sole survivor of the famous group of young Byakkotai soldiers who committed suicide on Iimori Hill during the Battle of Aizu...
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    Tanaka Shinbei (1863) Takechi Hanpeita (1865) Yamanami Keisuke (1865) Byakkotai (group of samurai youths) (1868) Saigō Takamori (1877) Emilio Salgari...
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    was besieged starting that month, leading to the mass suicide of the Byakkotai (White Tiger Corps) young warriors. After a protracted month-long battle...
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    In 2010, he made his stage debut when he played the leading role in Byakkotai the Idol. "前田公輝|HORIPRO" (in Japanese). Horipro. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017...
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  • The resulting bokken were frequently inscribed with the markings of the Byakkotai, a youth battalion that committed mass suicide nearby during the 1868...
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  • Oshin (1983, NHK) - Hatsuko age 20-40 Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983, NHK) – Ayame Byakkotai (1986, NTV) - Yamamoto Yaeko Platonic Sex (2001, Fuji TV) – Kana's mother...
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  • the Japanese Box Office. Kujirai appeared in the TV Asahi movie drama, Byakkotai, starring Yamashita Tomohisa and Tanaka Koki which was broadcast on January...
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    prefecture). As a youth, he enlisted in the Byakkotai, a reserve unit of the Aizu domain's official military. The Byakkotai was called into action, and Dewa served...
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    Domain (present day Fukushima Prefecture). He became a member of the Byakkotai, a unit of the newly reorganized Aizu domain army composed mostly of boys...
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    Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-82480-614-X. Yamakawa Kenjirō (1926). Hōshu Aizu Byakkōtai Jūkyūshi-den. Aizu-Wakamatsu: Aizu Chōrei Gikai. Yamakawa Kenjirō (1933)...
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  • (1983) – Kobayakawa Hideaki Sanada Taiheiki (1985) - Toyotomi Hidetsugu Byakkotai (1986) – Sanjō Sanetomi Kamen Rider Drive (2014) – Freeze/Soichi Makage...
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  • Japan Byakkotai 白虎隊 Byakkotai 2013 Japan Byakkotai ~Those who will not be defeated 白虎隊〜敗れざる者たち Toshihiko Shigemitsu Saigō Tanomo, Aizu Domain, Byakkotai...
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  • Katamori no subete. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha. Nakamura Akihiko (2006). Byakkotai. Hoshi Ryōichi (2005). Onnatachi no Aizusensō. https://web.archive...
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  • 1986 Taiyō ni Hoero! (太陽にほえろ!) Ai Nishitani Episode 第713話「エスパー少女・愛」 1986 Byakkotai (白虎隊) Yumiko Inoue TV miniseries 1987 Hissatsu Kengekinin (必殺剣劇人) Oshichi...
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    Castle (Tsuruga-jo) Aizu Matsudaira's Royal Garden (Oyakuen) Mount Iimori Byakkotai graves Aidzu Sazaedou former Takizawa Honjin Aizu Matsudaira clan grave...
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  • sanbyaku 三百 three hundred びゃくや byakuya 白夜 midnight sun びゃっこたい byakkotai 白虎隊 Byakkotai byaa byā びゃあ, びゃぁ びゃー ビャア, ビャァ ビャー byu びゅ ビュ ごびゅう gobyū 誤謬 mistake...
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    Retrieved 2023-07-27. Yamakawa Kenjirō; Munekawa Toraji (1926). Hoshū Aizu Byakkotai jūkyūshi-den. Wakamatsu: Aizu Chōrei Gikai. pp. 63–64. Hoffman, Michael...
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  • no Uta 2006 Ruka Kashiwagi Haikei, Chichiue-sama 2007 Naomi Karasawa Byakkotai 2007 Sayoko Asai TV movie Seitosho-kun 2007 Yūko Sonoi Episode 1 1-Pound...
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    important battle in the Boshin War, during which 19 teenage members of the Byakkotai committed ritual seppuku suicide. Their graves on Mt. Iimori are a popular...
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    Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. It is notable as the site where members of the Byakkotai (White Tiger Corps) committed ritual suicide in 1868, during the Boshin...
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    Hideyoshi Taiga drama 1984 Sanga Moyu Tadashi Amō Lead role, Taiga drama 1986 Byakkotai Kayano Gonbei 1988 Takeda Shingen Yamamoto Kansuke Taiga drama 1990 Tobu...
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    2006 クロサギ Kurosagi Kurosaki TBS Regular series; First lead role 2007 白虎隊 Byakkotai Shintarō Sakai; Mineji Sakai TV Asahi Short series; Lead actor プロポーズ大作戦...
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    Hana no Byakkotai) is a 1954 Japanese film directed by Katsuhiko Tasaka. Raizo Ichikawa Takeharu Hanayagi (花柳武治) Shintaro Katsu Byakkotai (White Tiger...
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  • no Ato Kikō. Tokyo: Kyōiku Shoseki, 1990. Yamakawa Kenjirō. Hōshu Aizu Byakkōtai Jūkyūshi-den. Aizu-Wakamatsu: Aizu Chōrei Gikai, 1926. Yamakawa Kenjirō...
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