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　At Jisshi Park in Nihonbashikodenmacho, there is a monument to the end of Yoshida Shoin (pictured). This was the place where the "Temmacho prison" was located in the Edo period. Yoshida Shoin was imprisoned and executed in Ansei's prison on October 27, 1859 (November 21, 1859). Sometimes she was 30 years old. The monument is engraved with "The body must be kept in Nobe of Musashi without decaying."

　Today, 160 years after the execution, I would like to visit the historic sites of Yoshida Shoin in the 23 wards.

　Kozukahara Kaikoin (Arakawa-ku), where comrades who were buried after execution and scattered together in Ansei's prison are buried. Shoin Shrine (Setagaya-ku) was rebuilt by a student at a separate residence in the feudal lord of the Choshu Mohri Domain.

(On the photo) Toward Sanai Hashimoto burial ground (bottom), to the left is Yoshida Shoin Tomb and to the right is Yori Miki Saburo Tomb.

　Kozukahara Kaiko-in is officially known as Hokokusan Kaiko-in. Jodo sect. It is also called Minami-Senju Kaikoin. During the Edo period, there was a Kozukabara prison. It is said that the headquarters Kaikoin was founded in 1667 to memorialize prisoners and others. In the past, it was a separate hospital of the head office Kaikoin, but now it is independent.

　The prisoners executed in Ansei's prison were buried in Kaikoin as sinners of political prisoners. Here there are three tombs of Yoshida Shoin, Sanai Hashimoto and Yori Miki Saburo, all of which are registered as Arakawa-ku cultural properties.

　Yoshida Shoin's tomb was rebuilt in Wakabayashi, Setagaya-ku by Shinsaku Takasugi and others in 1863, and Shoin Shrine was erected.

　It is said that Genshiro Sugita and Ryotaku Maeno and others attended the conviction of the dead at Kozukahara Prison, and then translated the Demolition Shinsho. There is a "Kansei Monument" at the entrance of main hall.

　Location = 5-33-13 Minami-Senju, Arakawa-ku

(On the photo) There are also tombs of Shoin Yoshida (below) Dr. Matsukage and others Retsushi Yorikizaburo burial ground and Minbu Kobayashi.

　In 1863 (1863), four years after Yoshida Shoin was executed at the Temmacho prison, he was reburied in Setagaya Wakabayashi by Takasugi Shinsaku and Ito Hirobumi, who were Shoin's students. It is said that during the Edo period, there was a separate residence of the feudal lord of the Choshu Mohri clan, and it was called Daioyama.

　On November 21, 1882 (1882), Shoin Shrine worshiped the spirit by protecting the tombs and building a shrine. The current shrine hall was built in 1928 (1928). "Matsushitamura Juku" has been restored on the grounds.

　On October 26 and 27, the 28th Hagi-Setagaya late Tokugawa shogunate Restoration Festival was held in the shopping district near the company, and events such as a history lecture related to Shoin were held. Also, on the 27th, the celebration of the Reiwa Great Order Shoin Shrine Miya portable shrine Union imperial procession was held. （＠AM ）

　Location = 4-35-1 Wakabayashi, Setagaya-ku