Beppu Shinsuke

was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who became an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army.

Background
He was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain, and an associate of Saigō Takamori. Beppu joined Saigō's forces during the Satsuma Rebellion. At the end of the rebellion in September 24, 1877, it was Beppu who was the second at Saigō's seppuku. After Saigō's death, Beppu and the other ex-samurais charged against the ranks of the attacking Imperial Japanese Army forces, and were killed.

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Category:1847 births
Category:1877 deaths
Category:Meiji Restoration
Category:Samurai
Category:People of the Boshin War
Category:Deaths by firearm in Japan
Category:Japanese warriors killed in battle
Category:Military personnel from Kagoshima Prefecture
Category:People from Satsuma Domain
Category:People of Meiji-period Japan
Category:Shimazu retainers