Kajikawa Yosobei
Deceased Person
1647 – 1722
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Who was Kajikawa Yosobei?
Kajikawa Yoriteru was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period, who served as a lesser official in the Tokugawa shogunate. He was also known as Kajikawa Yosōbei. Kajikawa served on guard duty in Edo Castle.
Upon inheriting family headship, he became hatamoto and his annual stipend was 700 koku.
In 1701, he witnessed Asano Naganori injuring Kira Yoshinaka, and he arrested Asano. The action was evaluated and his annual salary was raised to 1200 koku. He later described the details of the incident in the Kajikawa Yosōbei diary.
His grave is at Kanryūzan Tentokuin, in Nakano, Tokyo.
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