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In this Japanese name, the surname is Kawakami.
Kawakami Gensai
Native name
河上 彦斎
Birth name
Komori Genjiro (小森 彦次郎)
Other name(s)
Kouda Genbei (高田 源兵衛)
Nickname(s)
Hitokiri
Born
(1834-12-25)25 December 1834 Kumamoto, Higo Province, Japan
Died
13 January 1872(1872-01-13) (aged 37) Kodemmachōin, Nihombashi, Tokyo, Japan
Buried
Ikegami Honmon-ji, Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance
Ishin Shishi (former) Chōshū Domain (former) Kumamoto Domain
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