Arima Shinshichi

Japanese: 有馬新七 - ありましんしち

A patriot of the Satsuma clan in the late Edo period who supported the reverence for the Emperor and expulsion of foreigners. His given name was Masayoshi and he was called Takemaro. He was born on November 4, 1825 in Ijuin-go, Satsuma Province (Kagoshima Prefecture), but moved to Kajiya-cho when his father, Sakaki Masanao, inherited the surname Arima, a castle samurai. He devoted himself to both the arts and martial arts from an early age, and mastered Togo-ryu archery and Shinkage-ryu swordsmanship. He later went to Edo to study under Yamaguchi Kanzan, mastering the essence of Kimonology. In 1845 (Koka 2), he went to Kyoto and became friends with Umeda Unpin and others. In 1858 (Ansei 5), he plotted to correct the illegality of the shogunate's signing of the treaty without imperial sanction, but was ordered to return to Japan by the domain. He attempted to defect from the domain with over 40 comrades, including Okubo Ichizo (Toshimichi), but was persuaded to abandon the plan by the domain lord. In March 1862 (Bunkyu 2), he accompanied Shimazu Hisamitsu (father of the domain lord Tadayoshi) to Kyoto with his troops, but plotted to raise an army and overthrow the shogunate with extremists Maki Izumi and Tanaka Kawachinosuke, and on April 23, when he and his comrades met at Teradaya in Fushimi, he was killed by order of Hisamitsu's pacification envoys. He was 38 years old. His grave is at Daikokuji Temple in Takajo-cho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto City. He preached about respecting the emperor and his friends called him "the modern Takayama Hikokuro."

[Izumi Haraguchi]

"Biography and posthumous manuscripts of Professor Arima Shinshichi by Watanabe Morie (1931, Kaigaisha)"

[Reference item] | Teradaya Incident

Teradaya
An inn and boat lodge in Fushimi. On April 23, 1862 (Bunkyu 2), Arima Shinshichi and other extremist Sonnō-jōi factions of the Satsuma clan were executed here by order of the shogun. Four years later, on January 23, 1866 (Keio 2), Sakamoto Ryōma was attacked and injured by a shogunate official at this inn. It was burned down during the Battle of Toba-Fushimi (1868), and the current building was later rebuilt. Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture ©Shogakukan ">

Teradaya

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Japanese:

江戸後期の薩摩(さつま)藩尊王攘夷(じょうい)の志士。諱(いみな)を正義といい、武麿(たけまろ)と号す。文政(ぶんせい)8年11月4日薩摩国（鹿児島県）伊集院(いじゅういん)郷に生まれたが、父の坂木正直が城下士有馬姓を継いだので加治屋(かじや)町に移る。幼少より文武に励み、東郷流弓術、神影(しんかげ)流剣術に達し、のち江戸に出て山口菅山(かんざん)に学び、崎門(きもん)学の精髄を極める。1845年（弘化2）京都に上り、梅田雲浜(うんぴん)らと交遊。1858年（安政5）幕府の無勅許条約調印の非違を正そうと画策したが、藩命により帰国。大久保一蔵(いちぞう)（利通(としみち)）ら同志40余人と脱藩挙義を謀ったが、藩主の慰諭により中止。1862年（文久2）3月島津久光(ひさみつ)（藩主忠義(ただよし)の父）の率兵上京に従うが、激派の真木和泉(まきいずみ)、田中河内介(かわちのすけ)らと挙兵討幕を策し、4月23日同志と伏見寺田屋に会したところを、久光の放った鎮撫使(ちんぶし)に上意討ちされた。享年38。墓は京都市伏見(ふしみ)区鷹匠(たかじょう)町の大黒寺。尊王論を説いて友人から「今高山彦九郎」とよばれた。

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『渡辺盛衛著『有馬新七先生伝記及遺稿』（1931・海外社）』

[参照項目] | 寺田屋事件

寺田屋
伏見の旅籠船宿。1862年（文久2）4月23日、有馬新七ら薩藩尊攘激派がここで上意討ちされた。なお、その4年後の66年（慶応2）正月23日、坂本龍馬がこの宿で幕吏に襲われ負傷している。鳥羽・伏見の戦い（1868年）で焼失、現在の建物はのちに再建されたものである。京都府京都市©Shogakukan">

寺田屋

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