For anyone who has fancy translation software or who could read
Japanese (I am begging)
on
http://www.3-hajime.com/cgi-local/bbs_06.cgi entry for 6/14
(Hijikata icon) there is a guy (oh my gosh a GUY posted on 3-hajime!)
who said this:
Heaven dragon Sho, beginning, today. 隲ｾ 譁� With you say. From now on,
every acquaintance. To tell the truth my wife with Kitakata city
graduate something, the lineage of the grandmother is the Aizu feudal
clan loyal retainer. You think that there is a memorial stone monument
of the person, "Nakane United States seven", in Kumakura, but that
person becomes the grandfather of the grandmother of the wife. It
seems that as for this person at the time of 謌� 霎ｰ war being in blue
dragon party, it survives, causes "thought bridge incident" incident,
goes to Seinan war. It is drawn Saigo prosperously and together with
the brocade picture of Seinan war. After that, returning to Kumakura,
being to commit hara-kiri, it does, but that time, Saito one where had
become the policeman helped the United States seven from the spy, so
is. Naturally, as for the blood of that United States seven it is not
flowing to me, but when you think, that that blood is succeeded in the
children, you think very in pride. When this time, going home in
Kitakata, you think that I would like to go to visiting a grave.
basically his wife is related to an Aizu retainer who served in the
blue dragon party (for those of you who are new the defense of Aizu
was split into age groups, genbu/turtle (oldest), seiryu? dragon,
phoenix (Saitou was part of phoenix) and white tiger (youngest
guys)...the rest I'm not clear...the man is happy that his kids have
Aizu blood in their veins it seems