Kawai Tsugunosuke

Kawai Tsugunosuke
Kawai Tsugunosuke
Born	January 27, 1827(1827-01-27) Nagaoka, Echigo Province, Japan
Died	October 1, 1868(1868-10-01) Aizu, Mutsu Province, Japan
Occupation	Karō of Nagaoka Domain

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Kawai".

Kawai Tsugunosuke (河井継之助^?, January 27, 1827 – October 1, 1868) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served the Makino clan of Nagaoka. Kawai was a senior military commander of Nagaoka forces during the Boshin War of 1868-1869. He escaped to nearby Aizu after his domain's fall; however, he contracted gangrene from an untreated leg wound, and died in Aizu.

References

Sasaki Suguru (2002). Boshin sensō: haisha no Meiji ishin. Tokyo: Chūōkōron-shinsha.

Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei

Leader (Meishu)	Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa

Governors-General (Sōtoku)	Date Yoshikuni Uesugi Narinori

Staff Officers (Sanbō)	Ogasawara Nagamichi Itakura Katsukiyo

Governmental Bodies	Executive: Ōuetsu kōgi-fu (Shiroishi) Military: Gunjikyoku (Fukushima) Parliamentary: Ōuetsu reppankaigi (Shiroishi)

Key Castles	Shiroishi Castle Sendai Castle Morioka Castle Fukushima Castle Nagaoka Castle

Member Domains	Sendai Yonezawa Nihonmatsu Yunagaya Tanagura Kameda Sōma Yamagata Fukushima Kaminoyama Ichinoseki Yajima Morioka Miharu Kubota Hirosaki Moriyama Shinjō Hachinohe Taira Matsumae Honjō Izumi Shimotedo Tendō Nagaoka Shibata Murakami Muramatsu Mineyama Kurokawa

Non-member allies	Aizu Shōnai Domain Jōzai Domain

Battles	Battle of Hokuetsu Battle of Bonari Pass

Important Figures	Kawai Tsugunosuke Hosoya Jūdayū Hijikata Toshizō Narayama Sado Hayashi Tadataka

Persondata
Name	Kawai, Tsugunosuke
Alternative names
Short description	Samurai
Date of birth	January 27, 1827
Place of birth	Nagaoka, Echigo Province, Japan
Date of death	October 1, 1868
Place of death	Aizu, Mutsu Province, Japan