Mitsuhira Tomobayashi

Japanese: 伴林光平 - ともばやし・みつひら

Year of death: 16th February 1864 (23rd March 1864)
Year of birth: Bunka 10.9.9 (1813.10.2)
A patriot of the late Edo period. Commonly known as Rokuro. His pen names include Ikaruga Kakushi, Oka Ryo, and Kosai. He was the second son of Kensei of Sonkoji Temple, a Jodo Shinshu sect temple in Hayashimura, Shiki County, Kawachi Province (Fujiidera City, Osaka Prefecture). In 1828, he moved to Tokyo. He entered the Nishi Honganji Temple school and studied Buddhism. He later studied Japanese classics and waka poetry under Nakamura Yoshiomi of Settsu, Monk Mukan, Iida Hideo of Inaba, Kano Shohei of Kii, and Tomo Nobutomo of Edo. During this time, he returned to secular life and took the name Tomo Hayashi Rokuro Mitsuhira. He associated with patriots, mainly in Kyoto, and after the country was opened to the outside world, he advocated for the expulsion of foreigners. In 1861, he became a samurai of Chuguji Temple in Yamato, and was passionate about the restoration of the imperial tombs, conducting surveys of the tombs and receiving a letter of appreciation from the imperial court. Using the pseudonym Namiki Shunzo, he carried out his patriot activities, and in August of the same year, he joined the Tenchu-gumi's Yamato uprising. He served as a military staff officer and recorder, and sent out manifestos to Totsukawa-go and other areas to recruit participants. He fought against soldiers from various domains, but was defeated at Shirogane-ho and Wadamine, and was captured while fleeing towards Kyoto, and the following year he was executed by beheading along with twenty or so other comrades at Rokkaku Prison in Kyoto. He wrote "Nanzan Fuunroku," a record of his participation in the Yamato uprising from prison, and other works. <References> "Complete Works of Tomobayashi Kohei," edited by Sasaki Nobutsuna, 1 volume; "Tomobayashi Kohei" by Dobashi Shinkichi

(Takagi Shunsuke)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

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没年：元治1.2.16(1864.3.23)
生年：文化10.9.9(1813.10.2)
幕末の志士。通称は六郎。号は斑鳩隠士,岡陵,蒿斎など。河内国志紀郡林村(大阪府藤井寺市)の浄土真宗尊光寺賢静の次男。文政11(1828)年に上京。西本願寺学寮に入り仏学を修める。以後,摂津の中村良臣,僧無盖,因幡の飯田秀雄,紀伊の加納諸平,江戸の伴信友らに国学,和歌などを学ぶ。この間に還俗して伴林六郎光平と名乗った。京都を中心に志士と交わり,開国後は攘夷論を唱える。文久1(1861)年に大和中宮寺の家士となり,皇陵の復興に情熱を燃やして山陵調査を行い,朝廷から感謝状を受けている。変名並木春蔵を使って志士活動を展開し,同3年8月天誅組の大和挙兵に加わる。軍参謀兼記録方を務め十津川郷その他に檄文を送って参加者を募る。諸藩兵と戦うが白銀峰や和田峰などで敗れ,京都に向けて逃走中に捕らえられ,翌年同志二十数名と共に京都六角獄において斬刑に処された。大和挙兵参加の始終を獄中で記した『南山踏雲録』その他の著作がある。<参考文献>佐佐木信綱編『伴林光平全集』全1巻,土橋真吉『伴林光平』

(高木俊輔)

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