Okita sōji – Wikipedia

OKITA SōJI (jap. Souji Okita ; * 1842 or 1844; † July 19, 1868) was captain of the first corps of the Shhlingengumi, a police protection force that was active in Kyoto during the EDO period.

Family background [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Okita was born either in 1842 or in 1844 in a Samurai family of the Niederer noble stand in the Edo residence of the Abe family, the Daimyōs of Shirakawa in the province of Mutsu. His childhood name was SōJIRō ( Sojiro ) and his Klanname Fujiwara. His great -grandfather and grandfather were Okita Kan’emon († 1819) and Okita Sanshirō († 1833). His father was Okita Katsujirō, who died in 1845, and his mother also died very early. He had two sisters, Okita Mitsu (1833–1907) and Okita Kin (1836–1908).

As okitas older sister Mitsu In 1846 the adopted son of the Okita family, Okita Rintarō (1826–1883), wanted to marry, she became the adoptive daughter Kondō Shūsukes. This was the third head of the Tennen-RISHIN-RYū -Schwertkampfschule and the adoptive father Shimazaki Katsutas, who was later to rename to Kondō Isami.

In the Shieikan -Dōjō started Okita Sōji at the age of nine, was able to end his training at the age of 15 and master the Kenjutsu at the age of 18 ( Menkyō Kaiden ) become. In 1861 Okita became head coach ( Head ) in the Shieikan . Even if he was assessed as honest, polite and good -natured by his friends, he is said to have been a very start -up and strict teacher, which is why he was a feared person as a condom.

Yagi Tamesaburō and Satō Shun’s describe Okita as a large, dark and thin man with high cheekbones, a big mouth and a rather flat face. He was also known as a man who smiled and laughed a lot, but was not very talkative.

Shinsengumi [ Edit | Edit the source text ]

Together with his teacher Kondō, his friend Hijikata Toshizō and other members of the Dōjō, Okita joined, who was in OKITA KANEYOSHI ( Okita Bara ) renamed the samurai militia in 1863 Rōshigumi in Kyoto, which later Shinsengumi became. There he became a founding member and assistant of the Vice Commander Fukuchō Jōkin. With others Shieikan -Gmers he was in the murder of the commander Serizawa Kamo and the Shinsengumi -Members Uchiyama Hikojirō involved.

Okita was viewed together with Saitō Hajime and Nagakura Shinpachi as the strongest fighter in the troop. He was the second youngest while Tōdō was the youngest. He was able to handle the Katana, Bokken and Shinai masterfully. Okita is supposed to be a famous sword that the name Kikuichi-Monji wore. It is also possible that he KAGA KIYOMITSU , a katana and a Wakizashi, his own, as well as a Yamashiro Kunikiyo , possibly for the Kikuichi-Monji was held.

His most famous sword technology called himself Sandantsuki or Mumyo-ken what translates as “3-part stitch”. With this technique, the sword quickly hit the neck and the left and right shoulder. The technology was from the Hirazuki -Technik developed by Hijikata Toshizō.

Based on the novel by Shiba Ryōtarō, many believe that there should have been an almost fraternal relationship between Hijikata and Okita. However, it is true that this relationship with Yamanami Keisuke has passed, while it is not even certain whether Okita and Hijikata have even liked. Therefore, Yamanamis Seppuku in 1865, in which Okita seconded him, was very painful for him.

In 1865 he became the leader of the first corps and also Kenjutsu coach. In the same year he was by Kondō Isami Kondō shusuke had become the fourth head, the fifth head of the Tennen-RISHIN-RYū -Tal school appointed.

Okita Sōji suffered from tuberculosis at an early stage. According to rumors, the disease is said to have only been discovered when he began to spit blood in the Ikedaya incident and passed out. Other sources say that the disease broke out later. Both options would be conceivable, since tuberculosis kills within weeks, but can also progress very slowly. Only the commander and vice commanders were said to have known about the outbreak of the disease. The information was not made accessible to the entire Shinengumi, since the disease is highly contagious and the morality of the troop should not be undermined. Corps guide Nagakura has often also listed the first corps, since Okita should often have failed due to illness.

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During the Boshin War, which meant the end of the Shinengumi, after the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, Okita Sōji went into Matsumoto Ryōjuns Hospital in Edo. Then he pulled together with his sister Mitsu , his brother Bust and their children to an inn. When the Shinengumi retired to the Tōhoku region, he remained in Edo. However, he operated regular correspondence with Kondō. When the Meiji government was executed as a result of the persecution, nobody dared to report on his death.

He died on July 19, 1868 of the consequences of the disease. His ash was in the temple Senshōji buried in Roppongi (Tokyo). His grave cannot be visited.

The information that Okita is said to have died at the age of 25 is based on two theories. The first assumes that he was born in 1844 and therefore turned 25 after the East Asian age determination when he died in 1868. Here it is assumed that newborns are one year old and that you get one year older on New Year’s Day and not on your birthday. The second and less well -known says that he was born before July 19, 1842 and therefore had to be 25 according to western standards, since he died in 1868.

In fiction, Okita is usually portrayed as a young, very feminine -looking and happy man.

Roman

The novels are known SHINSENGUMI KEPPPūROKU and Moeyo Ken by Shiba Ryōtarō, the former was implemented as a television drama series in 1965, 1998 and 2011, and the latter in 1966 and 1970 as a television series and 1966 as a movie.

Manga

Okita is shown in various manga series. In Nobuhiro Watsukis Kenshin if it is only mentioned briefly, but the figure of the Seta Sōjiro wears his trains. In Nanae Chronos PEACE MAKER KUROGANE Okita has a leading role, as well as in the manga KAZE HIKARU where he trains a girl so that she can take revenge her family. In Mutsu Enmeiryū Gaiden: SHURA NO TOKI a fictional last struggle Okitas is shown with a warrior from the Mutsu clan before succumbing to his illness. Makoto Yukimura’s One-Shot is also about the last days of his illness Sayōnara ga chikai node from 2004. He also appears in Gintama.

Anime

In addition to the anime adaptation of previously mentioned manga, Okita dives in an episode of the anime Ghost Sweeper Mikami on where he is depicted as a bloodthirsty crazy. The figure UKYO TACHIBANA From the anime Samurai Shodown wears his trains. In Bakumatsu KikanSetsu IROHANIHOHETO Okita’s death is represented fictitiously. In the Shaved -Otome games is the character of one of the possible routes and therefore one of the male main characters in the anime adaptations.

Film

Okita is in the film Gohatto mentioned and Tatsuya Fujiwara provides him in the television drama broadcast in 2004 Shinsengumi! but.

• Mori, makiko: Okita Soji feature TOKYO: SHIN JINBUTSU ORAISHA, 1999. ISBN 4404028075
• Oji, Kazuko: Walking with Okita Soji TOKYO: SHIN Jinbutsu ORAISHA, 1989. ISBN 4404016212