COMMANDER // 1827–1868
Kawai Tsugunosuke
Japan1 battle1 war
Lifespan
1827 – 1868
Active service 1868 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 41.
Profile
Kawai Tsugunosuke 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.
Battles (1)
1868
Battle of HokuetsuBoshin War · Shogunate