Sagawa Kanbei
Sagawa Kanbei 佐川官兵衛 | |
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| Nickname | Kikanbei |
| Born | October 10, 1831 |
| Died | March 18, 1877 (aged 45) |
| Buried | Oita Prefecture Gokoku Shrine |
| Allegiance | Aizu Domain Japan |
| Branch | Imperial Japanese Army |
| Service years | 1862 – 1868 1874 – 1877 |
| Rank | First Inspector |
| Conflicts | Boshin War |
Sagawa Kanbei (佐川 官兵衛, Sagawa Kanbe'e), also known as Sagawa Naoki (1831–1877), was a military figure of the Aizu Domain at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was also a police officer during the Meiji era before he was killed at the Siege of Kumamoto Castle in 1877.