Now that you all are getting some info on these folks/groups I was
wondering if you can come up with a list of keywords.
University/college libraries will allow acces to
http://www.jstor.org
for free (it is basically a gigantic collection of journal articles
from all disciplines). The problem is the various spellings of terms.
Take for example Shinsengumi, Shinsen gumi, sinsengumi, Shin Sen Gumi
etc. If you can email me offlist with the info I'll work on it as
time permits.