“The men of the Shinsengumi . . . have insight . . . and high purpose,” said a supervisor of the Mimawarigumi (“Kyoto Patrol Corps”), a Bakufu security force that briefly rivaled the Shinsengumi. Initially the Shinsengumi “felt contempt” for their rivals, according to a former Mimawarigumi corpsmen.
All I will add here is that I am progressing slowly but very surely with this book.
[The above photo of the original Miniature Shinsengumi Banner appears in my Shinsengumi: The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps, courtesy of Hijikata Toshizo Museum. The other photo shows a few of my more important sources, or collections thereof.]
