- Itabashi execution grounds
The nihongo|Itabashi execution grounds|板橋刑場|Itabashi Keijō were one of the three sites in the vicinity of
Edo (the forerunner of present-dayTokyo ,Japan ) where theTokugawa shogunate executed criminals in theEdo period . Located nearItabashi-shuku , the first post station from Edo on theNakasendō (a major inland route toKyoto ), it is within the city limits of modern-dayItabashi, Tokyo near JRItabashi Station .In 1868,
Kondo Isami , leader of theShinsengumi , was jailed for twenty days at Itabashi, and beheaded at the execution grounds. A memorial to him stands at the east (Takino-gawa) exit of Itabashi Station. On the right side are engraved the names of fortyShinsengumi people who died in war, and on the left, the names of 64 who died of disease,seppuku , or other causes. To the left of the memorial is a Buddha statue dedicated to people who died without relatives to care for their graves, and to the right, the graves of Kondō andNagakura Shinpachi , who is said to have erected the memorial. There is also a stone forHijikata Toshizō , who died in battle atGoryōkaku .ource
This article incorporates material from 板橋刑場 ("Itabashi Keijō") in the Japanese Wikipedia, retrieved on
December 13 ,2007 .External links
* [http://www.itabashi.or.jp/itabashijuku/history.html Itabashi historical sites]
* [http://www.keio.co.jp/ensen/bunka/taishi.html Keio Railway's] guide to sites along its lines
* [http://www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp/kankou/106kondouisami.htm Grave of Kondō Isami] (Itabashi government site)
* [http://www.education.ne.jp/kyoiku-center-mi/hitomi/5/503.html Educational site]
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