Ikedaya Incident, in Yagi Boy's Eyes

[tokio_fujita]

Translating this for the 150 year anniversary of Ikedaya Incident! :D

Yagi Tamesaburo was only 12 years old when Shinsengumi (was Roshigumi back then) moved into his family's mansion, and lived with them for two years. Shimozawa Kan had interviews with him, and wrote it in his Shinsengumi Trilogy. There're two chapters based on Yagi's talk. The

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[leesasana]

Thank you sooooo much for your hard work X3!

It was too much for a 12-year-old child to have witnessed such violence -_-. But thanks to him, we know what exactly happened.

..and the heat stroke thing. how could that even..

[ext_1439842]

Whooooo!! Yay! New post! Nice to see from you again. Keep up the awesome work! :)
I made sure to put a plug for you in my Review of Remeiroku English dub. Hope it helps more people find this awesome place. ;)

I think "Kondou's Battle Spirit" and "After the Incident" Are my favorite parts to read..... and anything in regards to Shinpachi's memoirs. :)

[lehst]

Wow! This is so interesting! I usually only come across bullet pionts of info about the Shinsengumi, so all of the details here really help give me a better picture of the times. Thank you!!

[lenaleemelodee]

Thanks a lot for these translations!!! This is incredibly interesting.
Tani's just plain immature. It's like Souji who wanted to kill people.
Say, thank you for the link to the original book but I've seen you buy tons of Shinsengumi-related books from Japan. Could you, please, share any of the books you'd recommend to read?