Miyabe Teizo

Japanese: 宮部鼎蔵 - みやべ・ていぞう

Year of death: 1864.7.8 (Genji 1.6.5)
Year of birth: Bunsei 3.4 (1820)
A sonno joi (revere the expulsion of soldiers) patriot in the late Edo period. His given name was Masumi, his pen name was Tajo, and Teizo was his nickname. He was the eldest son of Miyabe Shungo, a doctor from Nishiuenomura, Kamimashiki District, Higo Province (Mifune Town, Kamimashiki District, Kumamoto Prefecture). He studied Yamaga-ryu martial arts under his uncle Masumi, and in 1849 he succeeded him as the Higo Domain's martial arts instructor. It was around this time that he formed a friendship with Yoshida Shoin, who would later be described as "a man of great devotion and fortitude." He also studied the national scriptures under Hayashi Soen. In 1856, when Perry arrived in Edo, he went there, but returned to his domain due to his involvement in Shoin's failed attempt to travel to America. In 1856, he was found guilty of a brawl involving his disciples, and retired to his hometown. In 1863, he was appointed commander of 3,000 soldiers selected from various domains throughout Japan, but was defeated in the August 18th Coup and retreated to Choshu with Sanjo Sanetomi and seven other nobles. During his stay in Choshu, in a letter to his wife Emi, he wrote, "I have learned to do needlework by hand, and I can't help but think how fat Mitsu must be." His fatherly love for his two young daughters is apparent. In 1864, he secretly entered Kyoto, and while meeting with his comrades, he was attacked by the Shinsengumi (the Ikedaya Incident) and committed suicide. <References> Miyabe Teizo Sensei and the Martyrs' Biography

(Jun Misawa)

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Japanese:

没年：元治1.6.5(1864.7.8)
生年：文政3.4(1820)
幕末の尊攘派志士。名は増実,号は田城,鼎蔵は通称。肥後国上益城郡西上野村(熊本県上益城郡御船町)の医者宮部春吾の長男。叔父増美について山鹿流兵法を学び,嘉永2(1849)年その跡を継ぎ,肥後藩兵法師範職となる。このころから吉田松陰と親交を結び,のちに「其人懇篤にして剛毅と云うべき人なり」と評される。また林桜園のもとで国典を講究。同6年のペリー来航に際して江戸に赴き,松陰渡米未遂事件に関係して帰藩。安政3(1856)年,門人の乱闘事件で罪を得,郷里に引退した。文久3(1863)年には全国諸藩より選抜された親兵3000人の総監に任じられたが,8月18日の政変で敗退し,三条実美ら七卿と共に長州に退く。長州滞在中,妻えみに宛てた書簡には「らくは手ならひ針仕事肝要に存じ候,みつはさぞさぞふとり候と目さきにちらちらいたし候」と,幼いふたりの娘を思う親心がにじむ。元治1(1864)年ひそかに入京し,同志らと会合中,新選組に襲撃され(池田屋事件)自刃した。<参考文献>『宮部鼎蔵先生並殉難志士列伝』

(三澤純)

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