Sagara Sōzō

In this Japanese name, the surname is Sagara.
Sagara Sozo
Native name
相楽 総三
Birth nameKojima Shirō (小島 四郎)
Born1839 (1839)
Akasaka, Edo, Japan
DiedMarch 26, 1868(1868-03-26) (aged 28–29)
Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Buried
Aoyama Cemetery, Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan
AllegianceGovernment of Meiji Japan
BranchSekihōtai
Service years1868
CommandsSekihōtai 1st Unit
MemorialsMonument to the memory of Sagara Sōzō Sagara-zuka Monument, Shimosuwa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Spouse
Watanabe Teru
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(m. 1864)​
ChildrenKimura Kawajirō (son)
RelationsKojima Hyoma (father)
Kojima Yasu (mother)

Sagara Sōzō (相楽 総三 1839 – March 26, 1868), real name Kojima Shirō (小島 四郎), was the leader of the 1st Unit of the Sekihōtai, a group of Japanese political extremists formed in 1868 during the Boshin War.

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