While 'Eimeiroku' (a name list of the members of Shinsengumi) complied by Kai SHIMADA described him as a person who hailed from Edo, Yoshisuke KONDO's letter described him as a person who was 28 or 29 years old and hailed from Shinano no kuni (Shinano Province). 江戸出身と島田魁の「英名録」にはあるが、近藤芳助の書簡には、28・9歳にして信濃国の出身。 |