Kondo Isami (近藤 勇 Kondō Isami, 1834 - 1868) was a chief of the Shinsen-gumi, an armed special security team in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. He was born from a farmer family in Tama near Edo (now Tokyo). His life was driven by the desire to be a samurai during the Edo period when there was a strict hierarchy of the class system making it difficult for him to be accepted as a samurai because he was born in the farmer class.
In 1863, he joined the Roshigumi with Hijikata Toshizo and Okita Soshi. After the founder of Kiyokawa Hachiro dismissed the company, they remained in Kyoto with Hijikata and Aizawa and formed Miburo Roshigumi. They were put under the control of Aizu clan with the job of Kyoto Shugoshoku and worked as police in Kyoto. In an August 18 incident Kinmon no Seihen, his team was renamed Shinsengumi. In June1864, the Shinsengumi became well known for arresting extreme cells (Ikedaya Affair).
In January1868, at the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, he returned to Edo, fighting with the force dispatched by the Imperial Court but lost the battle. After surrendering, he was caught on April 25 and his neck was displayed in Sanjo beach of Kyoto. He was beheaded and he was not allowed to perform seppuku as a samurai for being born a farmer.
The original Captains of the Shinsengumi were Kamo Serizawa, Isami Kondō, and Nishiki Niimi.
Popular fiction claims that the Shinsengumi law was written by Kamo Serizawa or Isami Kondō, but it's more likely to have been written by Toshizō Hijikata (since its strictness fits his personality more than the other leaders).
Isami Kondō was captured and beheaded by the Meiji government.
Isami said, "He is always like that, please forgive him, he is not ready to build a close relationship with a woman.....".
Back to Isami's scene, the young lady is very angry and very sad, asking why isnt he come by himself......Isami said, that is all he can say and is about to leave her, when suddenly the lady stop him.
Isami chase the 12 yrs old boy who is named Soujirou Okita(later become just 'Souji'), one of the dojo's disciple, the youngest disciple, in fact.
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