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    The Byakkotai (白虎隊, "White Tiger Unit") was a group of around 305 young teenage samurai of the Aizu Domain, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869) on...
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    Moon) within the White Tiger. The names and determinative stars are: Byakkotai "The Chinese Sky". International Dunhuang Project. Archived from the original...
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    1868. This was the start of a month-long siege. A detached unit from the Byakkotai ("White Tiger Company") — young, predominantly teenage, samurai — are...
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    former member of the Byakkotai of the Aizu Domain. He lied about his age to join the military, and was assigned to the Byakkotai division - essentially...
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  • Oshin (1983, NHK) - Hatsuko age 20-40 Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983, NHK) – Ayame Byakkotai (1986, NTV) - Yamamoto Yaeko Platonic Sex (2001, Fuji TV) – Kana's mother...
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  • served the Matsudaira clan of Aizu. He was the leader of a detachment of Byakkotai troops who got separated from their main unit, and arrived at the top...
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    Tanaka Shinbei (1863) Takechi Hanpeita (1865) Yamanami Keisuke (1865) Byakkotai (group of samurai youths) (1868) Saigō Takamori (1877) Emilio Salgari...
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    core of the modern National Historic Site. With the popularity of the Byakkotai story in pre-war Japan, a movement arose to preserve the site of the castle...
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    the Aizu domain. He was the sole survivor of the famous group of young Byakkotai soldiers who committed suicide on Iimori Hill during the Battle of Aizu...
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  • Katamori no subete. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha. Nakamura Akihiko (2006). Byakkotai. Hoshi Ryōichi (2005). Onnatachi no Aizusensō. https://web.archive...
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