As a feudal retainer of Satsuma, he served in the Anglo-Satsuma War (the Bombardment of Kagoshima), and in the Boshin War served in Niigata and Hakodate, and fighting in the Naval Battle of Awa, Battle of Hakodate and the Battle of Miyakowan bay. |
薩摩藩士として薩英戦争に従軍し、戊辰戦争では新潟・函館に転戦して阿波沖海戦や箱館戦争、宮古湾海戦で戦う。 |