Kawai Tsugunosuke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kawai Tsugunosuke

samurai

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1827

Place of Birth: Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 01-Oct-1868

Profession: samurai

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Kawai Tsugunosuke (?? ???, January 27, 1827 – October 1, 1868) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who served the Makino clan of Nagaoka.
Kawai was a senior military commander of Nagaoka forces during the Boshin War of 1868-1869.
He escaped to nearby Aizu after his domain's fall; however, he contracted gangrene from an untreated leg wound, and died in Aizu.