http://www.dokidoki.ne.jp/home2/quwatoro/bakumatu3/kenshi.html
This may be of some interest to those of you who want to study Bakumatsu-era
swordsmen.
From left to right in this picture you can see some of the famous swordsmen
who survived the Boshin War--
-Saitou Yakuro (the 2nd generation Saitou Yakuro, no relation to Saitou
Hajime)
-Mutsu Munemitsu (later important in the Meiji government)
-Tani Tateki (samurai of TOSA, who wanted Kondou Isami dead)
-Sakakibara Kenkichi (Bakufu retainer believed to have been the best
swordsman of the Meiji era)
-Tanaka Mitsuaki (never heard of him)
Yet another interesting little fact about the era...
-M.