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Kawai Tsugunosuke

Samurai

Died when: 41 years 248 days (500 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Kawai Tsugunosuke

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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