Okita Sōji was a Japanese samurai and 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.
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Stele of Okita Sōji's last place at Imado Shrine in Asakusa![This souvenir photo from the Meiji era was often wrongly introduced as the photo of Okita Sōji through the modern times; the man in the photo is actually a different person. Currently, no existing photos of Okita Sōji have been discovered.[19]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Okitasoji.jpg)
This souvenir photo from the Meiji era was often wrongly introduced as the photo of Okita Sōji through the modern times; the man in the photo is actually a different person. Currently, no existing photos of Okita Sōji have been discovered.[19]In their orbit 2
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Lived 1842 to 1868 · aged 26
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