The Shinsengumi (新選組, "Newly Selected Corps") was a small, elite group of swordsmen that was organized by commoners and low rank samurai, commissioned by the bakufu (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863. It …

The most infamous and telling incident of the Shinsengumi is the Ikeyda incident. There were rumors that members of the Choshu and Tosa clans were using the local Ikeyda Inn as a meeting point to plot against the shogun.

In Japanese history, the Shinsengumi stand as one of the most intriguing entities, a group bathed in both glory and controversy. They were the protectors of Kyoto during a time of tumultuous change, the last line of defense for a feudal society on …

2020年5月16日 · The Shinsengumi, whose name literally means the “Newly Selected Corps,” reached the peak of their notoriety during the final years of Japan’s feudal era, the Bakumatsu period.

2011年5月10日 · Shinsengumi: The Shogun's last Samurai Corps is the true story of the notorious samurai corps formed in 1863 to arrest or kill the enemies of the Tokugawa Shogun. The only book in English about the Shinsengumi, it focuses on the corps' two charismatic leaders, Kondo Isami and Hijikata Toshizo, both impeccable swordsmen.

The Shinsengumi (新選組) was a special police force organized by the shōgunate during Japan's Bakumatsu period in 1863. It survived for six years until its demi...

2021年3月1日 · What the Shinsengumi was; What the Shinsengumi did and why they were created; The turmoil of the waning days of the Edo Period; When the Shinsengumi was active; The brutality of the Shinsengumi; The strict code of conduct of the Shinsengumi; About Kondo Isami; How many of the members of the Shinsengumi were not of the samurai/bushi class

2005年1月15日 · Shinsengumi soon became the shogun's most dreaded security force. In this vivid historical narrative of the Shinsengumi, the only one in the English language, author Romulus Hillsborough paints a provocative and thrilling picture of this most fascinating period in Japanese history.

2013年6月25日 · Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps is the true story of the notorious samurai corps formed in 1863 to arrest or kill the enemies of the Tokugawa Shogun. The only book in English about...

Modern Kimono showing the unique pattern of the Shinsengumi. The Shinsengumi has been romanticized in numerous manga, anime and movies. Some historians believe them to be the stabilizing force they were originally designed to be during an unstable period.