The Book of Tesshu Yamaoka

Tesshu Yamaoka was an active person from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji era.
Tetsushu was originally a samurai who could use the Shogunate, but along with Kaishu Katsu, he knew well about the movement of the world, and was worried from an early age that Japan was divided into the Emperor of Kyoto and the Shogunate. Was.
For he knew that foreign powers secretly expected the division of such countries.
So he persuaded the general, and the general had no intention to fight, and following the emperor, so he told the government army that he wanted to stop fighting, and talked so that the attacked government forces would not burn the town of Edo. I played the role of doing it.
And his personality was greatly respected by the general public.
Even after the Meiji era, he continued to cooperate with the new government and put his effort into making the country truly united. For this reason, the trust of Emperor Meiji was gained, and by the Emperor, he was given the role of samurai servant, and he was heavily carried.
However, Tetsushu thought that he had such a position as "a samurai." Because he used to be used by the general, I think it was encouraging that the times changed and that the new Emperor could use it.
For a long time, it has been said that good samurai can use it by another master.
Because of that, when an old friend or a person who was an official of the Shogunate came to him, he was very pleased to give him a book written by his own hands and make it a sign of life. It is that I told me.
His writing, who was also a master of the sword, was well represented, powerful, clear, and praised as an excellent book.
So the books of Tesshu are left not only in this Konan Ward, but throughout the country. And it is said that the number will be thousands to over 10,000 nationwide.
The person who carefully preserves the books of the Tesshu firmly believes that the Tesshu gently came to this land and left this book.

It is a story recorded in "Old Story of Hometown Konan 50 Episode".
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