COMMANDER // 1844–1915
Saitō Hajime
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Lifespan
1844 – 1915
Active service 1868 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 24.
Profile
Hajime Saitō was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who most famously served as the captain of the third unit of the Shinsengumi. He was one of the few core members who survived the numerous wars of the Bakumatsu period. He was later known as Fujita Gorō and worked as a police officer in Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration where he worked mostly undercover for them and for the Japanese government.
Battles (1)
1868
Battle of AizuBoshin War · Shogunate