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, (1842 or 1844 – July 19, 1868) was the captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi, a special police force in Kyoto during the late shogunate period. He was one of the best swordsmen of the Shinsengumi. ==Background== He was born in 1842 or 1844 from a samurai family in the Shirakawa Domain's Edo mansion.〔 *Oji, Kazuko. ''Okita Soji wo Aruku''. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1989, pp. 58–59〕 His great-grandfather was Okita Kan'emon (d. 1819) and his grandfather was Okita Sanshiro (d. 1833.) His father, Okita Katsujiro, died in 1845; he had two older sisters, Okita Mitsu (1833–1907) and Okita Kin (1836–1908.) In 1846, in order to marry the adopted son of the Okita family, Okita Rintarō (1826–1883), his oldest sister Okita Mitsu became an adopted daughter of Kondo Shusuke in name. Kondo Shusuke was the third master of the ''Tennen Rishin Ryu'' and Okita started training at the ''Shieikan'' with him around the age of nine. By that time, Kondo Shusuke had already adopted Shimazaki Katsuta (the later Kondo Isami), but Hijikata Toshizo had not yet enrolled at the Tennen Rishin-ryu school. Okita proved to be a prodigy; he mastered all the techniques and attained the ''Menkyo Kaiden'' scroll (''license of total transmission'') in the ryu at the age of eighteen or so.〔 *Mori, Makiko. ''Okita Soji Feature''. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1999, pp. 9–11〕 In 1861, Okita became Head Coach (''Jukutou'') at the Shieikan. Even though he was often commented to be honest, polite, and good-natured by those around him, he was also known to be a strict and quick-tempered teacher to his students.〔 *Mori, Makiko. ''Okita Soji Feature''. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 1999, pp. 27–.28〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Okita Sōji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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