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In 1864, one of douchiest samurai of the Edo Period was assassinated. Surprisingly, 4 Tōkyō temples claim to have his grave. Let's take a look a mystery that took 50 years to solve.

清河八郎 Kiyokawa Hachirō (no meaning, it’s just the dude’s name)

Kiyokawa Hachiro – Nobody’s Favorite Samurai™

Back in April 2013, I wrote a two part series about 2 murders during the 幕末 Bakumatsu final years of the Tokugawa Shōgunate (you may want to read those 2 very short articles before this long one). The articles attracted a bit of attention (and Lorde knows I wasn’t getting anyattention at the…