was a Japanese

samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in 1876. They were the well-paid retainers of the '' daimyo'' (the great feudal landholders). They h ...

of the late

Edo period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...

, who became a Christian during the

Meiji period The is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonization ...

. He was born in Aizu, and fought in the Boshin War. In his adult life, he also became an ordained minister, and was an educator.

References

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"Ibuka Kajinosuke" in ''Aizu jinbutsuden''
(29 Feb. 2008) * Hoshi, Ryōichi (2006). ''Onnatachi no Aizusensō''. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha. Samurai People from Aizu 1854 births 1935 deaths Japanese Protestants People of the Boshin War Japanese educators {{samurai-stub