Kirino Toshiaki

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kirino.
Kirino Toshiaki
Native name
桐野 利秋
Other nameNakamura Hanjirō (中村 半次郎)
NicknameHitokiri Hanjirō (Hanjiro the Assassin)
Born(1838-12-11)December 11, 1838
Kagoshima, Satsuma Domain
(now Kagoshima, Japan)
DiedSeptember 24, 1877(1877-09-24) (aged 38)
Kagoshima, Japan
Buried
Nanshu Cemetery, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
AllegianceEmpire of Japan (former)
Satsuma Domain
Branch Imperial Japanese Army (former)
Service years1868–1876
RankBrigadier General
ConflictsKinmon Incident
Boshin War
SpouseChōsa Hisa
Other workformer assassin

Kirino Toshiaki (桐野 利秋; December 11, 1838 – September 24, 1877) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, and an Imperial Japanese Army general of the early Meiji era.

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