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Kawai Tsugunosuke

Kawai Tsugunosuke
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Kawai Tsugunosuke
Born (1827-01-27)January 27, 1827
Nagaoka, Echigo Province, Japan
Died October 1, 1868(1868-10-01)
Aizu, Mutsu Province, Japan
Occupation Karō of Nagaoka Domain

Kawai Tsugunosuke (河井 継之助?, January 27, 1827 – October 1, 1868) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served the Makino clan of Nagaoka. Kawai was a senior military commander of Nagaoka forces during the Boshin War of 1868-1869. He escaped to nearby Aizu after his domain's fall; however, he contracted gangrene from an untreated leg wound, and died in Aizu.


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