Gravesite for the war dead behind the Great Buddha
In 1868, a portion of the former shogunate forces that rebelled against the Edo shogunate's downfall and the new government forces that faced them to thwart the rebellion fiercely battled each other near Ichikawa and Funabashi areas.
During that time, one army provisioner (Common name: Minosuke) and one samurai (Common name: Minoji Uemon) from the Sadowara Domain (present-day Sadohara-cho, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture) on the side of the new government forces died in battle near Kamagaya Oshinden.
This location has a tombstone built with condolence funds from the Sadowara Domain during that time, and the other tombstone was built in 1886 with Chiba Prefecture's government expenses to honor those killed in battle fighting on the side of the new government forces.
The number of casualties from these battles between the new government forces and the former shogunate forces is unknown.
Despite the fact that it is possible to check and verify at the various locations that have graves for soldiers who fought on the new government side, the graves for the former shogunate forces who died in battle are practically impossible to verify since it was hard to chisel in their names during those days.
However, the Shimosa region tended to side with the former shogunate forces due to there being ranches in the area that were under the direct control of the shogunate, as well as other circumstances, and there are some graves considered to be former shogunate soldiers who were referred to as "deserters."
