Kurihara Sennosuke (栗原仙之助)

Sennosuke KURIHARA (1847 - June 20, 1869) was a feudal retainer of the Karatsu clan. Later, he joined Shinsengumi (a group who guarded Kyoto during the end of Tokugawa Shogunate).

After losing the Battle of Ueno in the Boshin War, he guarded Imperial Prince Kitashirakawanomiya Yoshihisa to Aizu Domain.

After fighting in various places, he joined Takeaki ENOMOTO fleet in Sendai. When he went to Ezo, he joined Shinsengumi under control of Toshizo HIJIKATA.

He fought in the Hakodate War and was killed in the all-out assault of Hakodate by the new government army. Died at 23.

[Original Japanese]