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unusual facts about Aizu Domain



Kakichi Kawarada

He was adopted by Kawarada Moriharu, originally from Aizu Domain and later an official in the Meiji government and expert in fisheries science who was later an aide to the Konoe family.

Naoshi Ohara

Ohara was born in what is now Nagaoka, Niigata as the third son of Tanaka Keijiro, a former samurai, the son of an impoverished former samurai, but was later adopted by Ohara Tomotada, a former samurai from Aizu Domain, and took the Ohara surname.


see also

Hayashi Gonsuke

Hayashi Yasusada, (1806-1868) also known as "Hayashi Gonsuke", samurai general with Aizu Domain in the Boshin War