Ogasawara Shōsai Explained

is most famous for killing Hosokawa Gracia to protect her honor when Ishida Mitsunari attempted to take her hostage.[1] Afterwards he and the rest of the household then committed seppuku and burned their mansion down.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 小笠原少斎の墓. Kumamoto Prefecture. 27 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032143/http://www.pref.kumamoto.jp/kiji_8026.html. 4 March 2016. Japanese.

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