Chuko Shinsho (Chuko New Books) The Daimyo Who Abandoned His Domain: The Boshin War of the Lord of the Kaisei Domain, Tadasu Hayashi By Akihiko Nakamura Chuo Koron Shinsha (Released 2000/09) Price: ¥680 Size: Shinsho format / Number of pages: 212p / Height: 18cm The flames of the Boshin War were fast approaching. There was no better time than now to repay the Tokugawa's three hundred years of patronage—Burning with a single-minded devotion to the shogunate, the young Tadasu Hayashi, lord of the Kaisei Domain in Kazusa, abandoned his position and joined the Yugekitai (Guerrilla Force), a gathering of former shogunate retainers, and gained comrades such as Katsutaro Hitomi and Hachiro Iba. They clashed with the imperial army advancing eastward at Hakone and Odawara. Afterward, they continued to fight, moving from place to place in Oshu. Tadasu, whose life was spared in the war, held various positions, including a government official, a shop clerk, and a Shinto priest, and passed away in 1941 at the age of ninety-four. Table of Contents Chapter 1: Too Late for the Toba-Fushimi War Chapter 2: Under the Pride of a "One-Character Daimyo" Chapter 3: The Daimyo Who Abandoned His Domain in the Boshin War Chapter 4: Participating in the Ouetsu Reppan Alliance Chapter 5: Years of Wandering and Poverty Chapter 6: The Movement to Restore the Hayashi Family's Status Chapter 7: The Last Daimyo Dies in the Showa Era There are no markings in the text. Other listings here → #KizanBooks #JikkaBooks