Kajiwara Heima

Kajiwara Heima (梶原平馬, 1842?-1889) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who was a retainer of the Aizu domain.

Life

Kajiwara served as a karō (house elder) in the Aizu administration, and supervised political affairs during the Boshin War, also attending to matters of arms procurement.^[1] After the war, he went to Nemuro, and died there. His grave in Nemuro was discovered in 1988.

Genealogy

Kajiwara claimed descent from the Kamakura period warrior Kajiwara Kagetoki.

References

^ Majima Isao, "Matsudaira Katamori kashindan jinmei jiten," in Matsudaira Katamori no subete, p. 189.

Tsunabuchi Kenjo (1984). Matsudaira Katamori no subete. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.
Nakamura Akihiko (2006). Byakkotai.
Hoshi Ryōichi (2005). Onnatachi no Aizusensō.
https://www.city.nemuro.hokkaido.jp/lifeinfo/kakuka/kyoikuiinkai/kyoikushiryokan/siryoukann/shisekihyochu/6720.html