Tenchu Gumi

Japanese: 天誅組 - てんちゅうぐみ

At the end of the Edo period, Yoshimura Torataro, Matsumoto Keido and others formed a radical Sonno Joi faction with the aim of overthrowing the shogunate, mainly consisting of samurai who had escaped from the domains of Tosa, Tottori, Shimabara, Kariya and Kurume. The name Tenchu-gumi was not used at the time of the formation, and some comrades' records state it was Tenchu-gumi. "Tenchu" was the slogan of the organized terrorist attacks carried out by the Sonno Joi radical faction, which occurred one after another in Kyoto at the time. On August 17, 1863, about 50 ronin attacked the Yamato Gojo Magistrate's Office. Later, about 1,000 local samurai from Totsukawa, Yamato, participated. → Totsukawa Incident → Related articles Ikuno Incident | Totsukawa [village] | Nakayama Tadamitsu | Political upheaval of August 18, 1863

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Japanese:

幕末，吉村寅太郎・松本圭堂らが，土佐藩・鳥取藩・島原藩・刈谷藩・久留米藩などの脱藩武士を中心に，倒幕を目的に結成した尊攘激派。天誅組の称は結成時のものではなく，同志らの記録に天忠組と記したものもある。〈天誅〉は当時京都で続発した尊攘急進派による組織的テロのスローガン。1863年８月17日の大和五条代官所襲撃時の浪士約50人。その後，大和十津川(とつかわ)郷士約1000人が参加。→十津川の変
→関連項目生野の変｜十津川［村］｜中山忠光｜文久３年８月18日の政変

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