Masaaki Kusanagi

...A patriot of the late Edo period. Born to the Kashimaya family, a pawnbroker and landowner in Kotohira, Sanuki Province. His given name was Masaaki, he was commonly known as Kashimaya Chojiro, and Enseki was his pen name. He studied poetry and prose, and later became the leader of a group of gamblers. He traveled between Kyoto and Osaka, and became acquainted with such patriots as Takasugi Shinsaku, Kido Takayoshi, and Nakaoka Shintaro, and also sheltered them in his own home. He was arrested by the Takamatsu Domain for hiding Takasugi, but was pardoned in 1868. He served as a secretary to Prince Ninnaji, the governor of the Echigo-guchi region of the Aizu expeditionary force, but died of an illness in Kashiwazaki, Echigo. There is a collection of the Complete Works of Hiyagi Enseki. [Inoue Katsuo]...

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…幕末の志士。讃岐国琴平の質商･地主の加島屋に生まれる。名は政章，通称は加島屋長次郎，燕石は号。詩文を学び，のち博徒の長となる。京坂を遊歴して高杉晋作，木戸孝允，中岡慎太郎らの志士と交際し，また彼らを自邸に庇護もした。高杉潜匿のゆえをもって高松藩に捕らわれ，1868年赦免された。会津征討軍越後口総督仁和寺宮に書記役として従行したが，越後柏崎に病没した。《日柳燕石全集》がある。【井上 勝生】…

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