Takusaburo Chiba - Takusaburo Chiba

Draft of the Itsukaichi Constitution. Born as a commoner on June 17, 1852, in Shirahata Village, Kurihara County, Rikuzen Province (Shiwahime, Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture). His father, Takunojo, was a low-ranking samurai of the Sendai Domain, and died just before Takusaburo was born. He was also separated from his birth mother at a young age. At the age of 12, he studied Dutch studies, and at the age of 17, he served in the Boshin War as a member of the farmers' corps. During this resistance at Shirakawaguchi, he was branded a "rebel army," and from that point on he began a life of wandering in search of a new way of life. He was eventually assigned to Kanno School in Itsukaichi, Nishitama County, Tokyo, where he met Fukazawa Naomaru and Gonpachi, father and son. This encounter brought out his talent, and he engaged in passionate discussions with the young civil rights activists of the Itsukaichi Gakugei Kodankai, including the father and son, and accomplished the great feat of drafting a constitution. He died on November 12, 1883, at the age of 31. His posthumous works include "Kingly Way Theory."

[Daikichi Irokawa]

"Collection of Historical Documents on the Freedom and Civil Rights of Santama" edited by Daikichi Irokawa (1979, Yamato Shobo)

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五日市(いつかいち)憲法草案の起草者。嘉永(かえい)5年6月17日、陸前国栗原(くりはら)郡白幡(しらはた)村（宮城県栗原市志波姫(しわひめ)）に平民として生まれる。父宅之丞(たくのじょう)は仙台藩の下級武士で、卓三郎誕生の直前に世を去り、生母とも幼くして生別した。12歳で蘭学(らんがく)を学び、17歳のときには農兵隊の一員として戊辰(ぼしん)戦争に従軍した。この白河(しらかわ)口の抗戦で「賊軍」の汚名を受け、そのときから新しい生き方を求めて流浪の生活を始めた。やがて東京・西多摩郡五日市の勧能学校に赴任し、ここで深沢名生(なおまる)・権八(ごんぱち)父子と出会う。この出会いで彼の才能は発揮され、深沢父子を含む五日市学芸講談会の青年民権家らと熱心な討論を重ね、憲法草案の起草という偉業を成し遂げた。明治16年11月12日に31歳で死去。遺稿に『王道論』などがある。

［色川大吉］

『色川大吉編『三多摩自由民権史料集』（1979・大和書房）』

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