Shinsengumi was mentioned in Botan -peony-, my novel, but who were they? From the name, 'shinsengumi', an image of an organization might pop up in your mind. Yes, Shinsengumi was an organization.
Shinsengumi was an organization built in 1863 in Kyoto, Japan. In the beginning, it was not called Shinsengumi but Roshigumi, which means 'a group of roshi'. Roshi literally means masterless samurai. As their name states, they were not samurai which was an honorable status that allowed men to serve the Shogun. Men of roshigumi were men of lower castes(merchants, farmers, fishermen.)
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