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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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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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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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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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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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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Tanaka Shinbei (1863) Takechi Hanpeita (1865) Yamanami Keisuke (1865) Byakkotai (group of samurai youths) (1868) Saigō Takamori (1877) Emilio Salgari...
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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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was besieged starting that month, leading to the mass suicide of the Byakkotai (White Tiger Corps) young warriors. After a protracted month-long battle...
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In 2010, he made his stage debut when he played the leading role in Byakkotai the Idol. "前田公輝｜HORIPRO" (in Japanese). Horipro. Retrieved 12 Jan 2017...
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