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This is a Japanese-language book or magazine about Japanese history or culture.

More than 150 years after its birth, the Shinsengumi is still popular with its many motifs, from Taiga dramas to movies, anime, and novels. What is their charm that never fades? Without looking back on that short but dense history, the author attempts to unravel the true appeal of the Shinsengumi members by visiting places where traces of them remain -- things that serve as proof that they lived.

In the opening of the book, the author asks experts why the Shinsengumi remain so popular today. What is the source of the brilliance of this group of swordsmen at the end of the Edo period? The opening report goes to Kyoto in search of a group of demons. The author tours this ancient city, which is known for its role in the heyday of the Shinsengumi, and captures the moment when he felt the atmosphere of the end of the Edo period.

[Contents]:

• Shinsengumi: The Last Group of Swordsmen: Their Brilliance and Demise
• Foreword: A swordsman group at the end of the Edo period that continues to shine: why the Shinsengumi?
• Introductory report: Kyoto -- looking for vestiges of a group of demons
• Chapter 1: From the state of the Mibu Roshi to the setting sun
• 1863 (Bunkyu 3) -- Feb. 8 to Feb. 23: Roshi from Edo head to the capital
  
• 1863 (Bunkyu 3) -- Feb. 23 to Aug. 13: Shinsengumi is born from Roshigumi
• 1863 (Bunkyu 3) -- Aug. 18 to Sept. 18: Days of battle and purge
• 1864 (Genji 1) -- June 5 to September: Shinsengumi's heyday is the beginning of turmoil
• 1865 (Keio 1) -- Feb. 3 to Nov. 18: Division of the corps and the beginning of the purge
• 1868 (Keio 4) -- Jan. 3 to Jan. 6: Battle of Toba-Fushimi
• 1868 (Keio 4) -- Jan. 5 to Jan. 6: Defeat at Yodo and Senryomatsu and afterward
• 1868 (Keio 4) -- March 1 to March 6: Nishiki displayed in his hometown before the corps were destroyed
• 1868 (Keio 4) -- Apr. 25: Isami Kondo, regretfully decapitated
• Report 1: Isami Kondo and Toshizo Hijikata, to Nagareyama, the land of eternal farewell
• 1868 (Keio 4) -- Apr. 19 to Apr. 23: The fierce battle of Utsunomiya Castle
• 1868 (Keio 4) -- Apr. 20 to Sept. 22: Aizu War isolated and without support
• Report 2: Go to Aizu where the last samurai fought
• Column: Life of the Aizu feudal lord Katamori Matsudaira
• Chapter 2: Hijikata Toshizo, to the final battle
• 1868 (Meiji 1) -- Sept. 12 to Oct. 21: The flag of "Sincerity" flutters in an unseen land
• 1868 (Meiji 1) -- Oct. 21 to Oct. 26: Captured the stronghold in just five days
• 1868 (Meiji 1) -- Oct. 28 to Nov. 11: Years 3, only 700 soldiers depart for the front
• 1868 (Meiji 1) -- Nov. 10 to Nov. 15: Enomoto fleet flagship Kaiyo Maru sinks in Esashi
• 1869 (Meiji 2) -- March 20 to March 23: Battle of Miyako Bay, a setback
• 1869 (Meiji 2) -- Apr. 6 to Apr. 29: Repulse the government army, like a working demon
• 1869 (Meiji 2) -- May 11 to May 17: Shinsengumi's continued pride
• Report 3: To Hakodate, the land where the Han stubbornly persisted
• Special Contribution: Thought and Political Situation in the Edo Period
• Bakumatsu Thought Correlation Chart
• Chapter 3: The true face of the swordsman group Shinsengumi
• The way of life of the Han people engraved in history: The last samurai, the Shinsengumi
• Report 4: Walk through Tama, the hometown of Director Isami Kondo
• Column: Hikogoro Sato of Hinojuku
• Group Organizations Active in the Bakumatsu and Early Meiji Era
• Museum Guide: Learn about the Shinsengumi
  

Approximately 140 pages, all text is in Japanese.