- ISBN: 9780824821579 | 0824821572
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/1/1999
Shiba Goro was just ten years old when the new Meiji government's forces attacked the castle town in Aizu, a stronghold of the Tokugawa regime. Shiba's family perished in the siege that followed, and he was sent into exile. An extraordinary story that provides insights and material for a social history of the Meiji Restoration and its aftermath.