The Byakkotai (白虎隊, "White Tiger Brigade") was one of four units consisting of a few hundred youths, the sons of samurai, organised after the Battle of Toba-Fushimi in March 1868 by the Aizu Domain (会津藩 Aizu-han). The Aizu clan of the Matsudaira (松平, part of the Hoshina clan 保科氏) was closely related to the Tokugawa and resisted the pro-imperial forces led by the Satsuma-Chōshū Alliance in the...
Byakkotai - Aizu's White Tiger Brigade
Byakkotai - Aizu's White Tiger Brigade