Takasugi Shinsaku Birthplace
山口県
Birthplace of Takasugi Shinsaku, founder of the mixed-class Kiheitai militia, born in Hagi in 1839
The birthplace of Takasugi Shinsaku (1839-1867), the Choshu samurai who organized the Kiheitai militia. A student of Yoshida Shoin at Shoka Sonjuku, Takasugi led the anti-shogunate movement with fierce energy until his death from tuberculosis at age 29.
Takasugi Shinsaku was born at this site in Minami-Furutohagi-machi, Hagi, in 1839, the eldest son of Choshu retainer Takasugi Kochuta. After studying at the domain school Meirinkan in his youth, he enrolled at the Shoka Sonjuku academy around 1857, receiving instruction from the influential scholar …
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