Tanaka Tosa Explained

was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period who was a retainer of the Matsudaira clan of Aizu. He served as a karō in the Aizu administration, and fought in the Boshin War.^[1] Upon the entry of Imperial Japanese Army forces into the Tsuruga Castle town, he led an effort to halt their advance. Upon defeat, he followed fellow karō Jinbo Kuranosuke into a nearby doctor's house, and committed seppuku.

References

• Tsunabuchi Kenjo (1984). Matsudaira Katamori no subete. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha.
• Nakamura Akihiko (2006). Byakkotai.
• Hoshi Ryōichi (2005). Onnatachi no Aizusensō.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071218204343/http://bakumatu.727.net/aidu/aidu-jinbutu-tosa.htm

Notes and References

1. Majima Isao, "Matsudaira Katamori kashindan jinmei jiten," in Matsudaira Katamori no subete, p. 197.