Tsukamoto Zennosuke (塚本善之助)

Zennosuke TSUKAMOTO (dates of birth and death unknown) was a member of theIchibantai (first squad) in the Shinsengumi.

He joined the Shinsengumi by applying for membership recruitment which had been conducted in Osaka and Kyoto areas until January 1865.

In the reorganization of January 1865, he became a member of the Ichibantai (first squad) headed by Soji OKITA.

He, however, left the Shinsengumi before August 1865. He is said to have spent the rest of his life as a farmer in Hiroshima Prefecture.

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