Ozeki Yashiro (尾関弥四郎)

Yashiro OZEKI (1831 - December 24, 1865) was from Takatori Domain and a biological elder brother of Masajiro OZEKI.

He joined Shinsengumi in the early days. He participated in the Coup of August 18 and the Ikedaya Incident.

However, he seemingly had been physically weak (it is said that he was suffering from cardiopathy), and he was put in charge of corp recruitment in Kyoto and Osaka in May, 1865. Then, he was discharged and passed away on January 3, 1866. Although his name was on the record of march of Shinsengumi (a group who guarded Kyoto during the end of Tokugawa Shogunate), his name is not found on the tombstone in Itabashi.

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