Kajiwara Heima

Kajiwara Heima (梶原 平馬, 1842?-1889) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who was a retainer of the Aizu domain.

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kajiwara.

Life

Kajiwara served as a karō (house elder) in the Aizu administration, and supervised political affairs during the Boshin War, also attending to matters of arms procurement.[1] After the war, he went to Nemuro, and died there. His grave in Nemuro was discovered in 1988.

Genealogy

Kajiwara claimed descent from the Kamakura period warrior Kajiwara Kagetoki.

References
  1. Majima Isao, "Matsudaira Katamori kashindan jinmei jiten," in Matsudaira Katamori no subete, p. 189.


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