The West Army was defeated during the evening of June 1, and a farmer, Otake Shigeru Saburo, was mistaken for an East Army spy and murdered as he led his horses to pasture.
As a form of pacifying atonement, the West Army erected this tomb giving him military honors befitting an officer.
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Name | Natsunashi Grave of "Loyalist Soldier" Otake Shigeru Saburo |
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Address | Shirakawa City, Yashikizoe |
Access | 13 minutes by car from Shin-Shirakawa Station |