Kajiwara Heima

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Kajiwara Heima (梶原 平馬, 1842?-1889) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who was a retainer of the Aizu domain.

Life[edit]

Kajiwara served as a karō (house elder) in the Aizu administration, and supervised political affairs during the Boshin War, also attending to matters of arms procurement.[1] After the war, he went to Nemuro, and died there. His grave in Nemuro was discovered in 1988.

Genealogy[edit]

Kajiwara claimed descent from the Kamakura period warrior Kajiwara Kagetoki.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Majima Isao, "Matsudaira Katamori kashindan jinmei jiten," in Matsudaira Katamori no subete, p. 189.