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The Itabashi execution grounds (板橋刑場, Itabashi Keijō) were one of the three sites in the vicinity of Edo (the forerunner of present-day Tokyo, Japan) where the Tokugawa shogunate executed criminals in the Edo period.
The Itabashi execution grounds (板橋刑場, Itabashi Keijō) were one of the three sites in the vicinity of Edo (the forerunner of present-day Tokyo, Japan) where the Tokugawa shogunate executed criminals in the Edo period.
The Suzugamori execution grounds (鈴ヶ森刑場, Suzugamori keijō) were one of many sites in the vicinity of Edo (the forerunner of present-day Tokyo, Japan) where the Tokugawa shogunate executed criminals, anti-government conspirators and Christians in the Edo period.
Kondō was put on trial on April 30, 1868 and declared guilty. As a result, Kondō was executed at the Itabashi execution grounds on May 17, 1868. Among the crowd witnessing his execution was his nephew Miyagawa Yūgorō.
- He Was A Brave Samurai from A Young Age
- He Was One of The Leaders of The Shinsengumi
- His Sword Was Believed to Be Made by A Great Swordsmith
- He Had Several Mistresses and A Wife
- He Was Wounded in The Boshin Wars
- He Was Beheaded
- His Head Was displayed For Public Viewing
- He Has Several Grave Memorials
- His Family Legacy Has Died Down
- He Has Become An Inspiration to Authors and Artist
The fame and bravery of Kondō began way when he was younger, when he defeated a group of thieves that tried to break into his family home, attracting the attention of Kondo Shusuke, the third generation master of Tennen Rishin Ryu. Shusuke was amazed at the talent of Kondō and he made haste to adopt him in the year 1849. It’s said when he started t...
The Shinsengumi was a small elite group of swordsmen commissioned by the Tokugawa in 1863 as a special force to counter pro-imperial and anti-shogunate subversion in Kyoto. They were first organized as a massive group of Ronin to protect the shogun Lemochi during his stay in Kyoto. Kondo joined the Roshigumi with his close friend Hijikata Toshizo a...
Kondo was famously said to own a sword or katana made by the famous Edo smith man of the early Edo period, Nagasone Kotetsu. Though the authenticity of his Kotetsu is highly debatable it still helped him make a remarkable mark in history as a great swordsman. In 2019 a sword was listed on an indoline auction as a late Edo period signed Kondo Isami ...
Kondo married Matsui Tsune on March 29, 1860, at the age of twenty-seven. She was the eldest daughter of a vassal of Hitotsubashi house, Matsui Yasogura, who served Shimizu. They had only one child, a daughter who he named Tamako on her birth in 1862. Other than his legal wife he had at least four mistresses. Miyuki was the famously known one, she ...
Kondo suffered a gunshot wound in the 1868 battle of Toba Fdoimi forcing him to return to do. He was promoted to the rank of junior elder by the military commander Katsu Kaishu. He renamed the Shinsengumi, the pacification corps, and its members were the surviving members of the previous order. He led the new Shinsengumi under the alias name Okuba ...
Kondo and his unit were caught by surprise when they were attacked by 200 strong imperial forces who captured him at the training grounds of Nagareyama on April 26th,1868. He was tried and found guilty on April 20th, 1868, Kondō was beheaded by the executioner Yokukura Kisoji at the itabashi execution ground on 17th,1868.
After his death, his nephew Miyagawa Yugaro claimed his headless body and took it back to Osawa edo to undergo burial rites. His head was put on a pike and salted for public display as a warning to the populace. Kondos’s head was taken away from its display station by his friend Saito Hajime who requested a priest, Sunk Giten to hold a memorial ser...
Kondo had at least four grave sites, it’s said that the first grave to be erected was at Ten’nei-Ji temple in Aizu by Hijikata. Hijikata was recovering nearby from a foot injury he sustained at the battle of Utsunomiya, but he managed to get kondos hair and ensured a site of the memorial was built for his friend. The other grave site is suited at t...
His 14-year-old daughter married his nephew Miyagawa Yugaro who succeeded him as a 5thgeneration master Tennen Rishin Ryu. They had only one child and named him Hisataro who was born in 1883 and unfortunately got killed in action in the Russo-Japanese war at the age of 22 marking the end of the kondos Isami bloodline.
In the fiction genre, Kondos Isami has turned into a source of inspiration in the creation of many television dramas, films, books, anime, and manga. His character has been depicted in many versions such as in the famous Gintama anime based on him, he also appears in the video game turned anime series Hakuoki. Kondo Isami will for for for for for f...
This is probably one for the execution ground or Shinsengumi buffs. Another of Edo's old execution grounds but not very well known at all. Kondo Isami, the leader of the Shinsengumi was incarcerated here for 20 days before his execution.
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The shogunate maintained the Itabashi execution grounds at Itabashi. On October 1, 1932, nine towns and villages of Kita-Toshima District were merged and became part of Tokyo City as Itabashi Ward. It became a special ward May 3, 1947.
