Shuzo Sera

Japanese: 世良修蔵 - せら・しゅうぞう

Year of death: 1868.6.10 (Meiji 1, leap year 4, 20)
Year of birth: Tempo 6.7.14 (1835.8.8)
A patriot of the Choshu (Hagi) clan at the end of the Edo period. Born in Mukuno Village, Oshima County, Suo Province (Kuga Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture) as the son of village headman Nakaji Hachiroemon. He was initially adopted by Kitani Ryozo, a retainer of Ura Tsunetake, a senior vassal of the Choshu clan, and later succeeded the Sera clan. He studied under Gekkei, and then traveled to Edo to study. He was gifted, courageous, and noble. He joined the Kiheitai as a secretary, and in 1865 (Keio 1) he was made military inspector when the Second Kiheitai was organized. The following year, he fought at Oshimaguchi in the Bakufu-Choshu War. In March 1868 (Meiji 1), he became a staff officer at the Oshu Pacification General Government Office, and advocated a hard-line approach ordering the Sendai clan to attack the Aizu clan. While he was staying in Fukushima, he received an emissary from the Sendai clan requesting lenient treatment of the Aizu clan, but he refused. He was hated, captured at an inn, and killed with a sword. He was 34 years old. <References> Hiroshi Tanibayashi, "Sera Shuzo"

(Miyake Takanobu)

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Japanese:

没年：明治1.閏4.20(1868.6.10)
生年：天保6.7.14(1835.8.8)
幕末の長州(萩)藩の志士。周防国大島郡椋野村(山口県久賀町)に庄屋中司八郎右衛門の子として生まれる。初め,長州藩重臣浦靭負の家臣木谷良蔵の養子となり,のち世良氏を継いだ。月性に学び,さらに江戸遊学。資性,豪勇気節あり。奇兵隊に入って書記となり,慶応1(1865)年第二奇兵隊の編成に当たり軍監となる。翌年の幕長戦争では大島口に戦った。明治1(1868)年3月には奥羽鎮撫総督府下参謀となり,仙台藩に会津藩攻撃を命ずる強硬論を説いた。福島に滞在中,会津藩に対する寛容な処置を請う仙台藩よりの使者が送られたが,これを拒否する。恨みを受け,旅宿で捕らえられて斬殺された。34歳だった。<参考文献>谷林博『世良修蔵』

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