Under the state of confusion resulting from the Meiji Restoration, Western learning scholar Kakuma YAMAMOTO (the older brother-in-law and collaborator of Jo NIIJIMA, the founder of Doshisha English School) purchased the site of the domain's residence. |
洋学者・山本覚馬(のち同志社英学校の創立者・新島襄の義兄・協力者となる)が明治維新の混乱の中で藩邸跡地を購入していた。 |