wood ▁collection , ▁expand ing ▁human ▁settlement s , ▁and ▁ag ro - chem ical ▁poll ution . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁sil us ▁Category : End em ic ▁fa una ▁of ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁Category : F ro gs ▁of ▁Sri ▁L anka ▁Category : Am ph ib ians ▁described ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Category : T ax onomy ▁articles ▁created ▁by ▁Pol bot <0x0A> </s> ▁was ▁a ▁Japanese ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ins eng umi ▁and ▁Hij ik ata ▁T osh iz ō ' s ▁page . ▁Although ▁commonly ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁fict ional ▁character , ▁Ich im ura ▁T ets unos u ke ▁was ▁a ▁real ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ins eng umi . ▁ ▁History ▁Born ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 , ▁T ets unos u ke ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁son ▁of ▁Ich im ura ▁Han em oki ▁of ▁the ▁ Ō g aki ▁Domain , ▁M ino ▁Province , ▁Japan . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 9 , ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁exp elled ▁from ▁the ▁ Ō g aki ▁Domain ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁raised ▁in ▁a ▁village ▁in ▁ Ō mi ▁Province ▁( present ▁day ▁Nag ah ama , ▁Sh iga ▁Pref ect ure ) ▁and ▁lived ▁with ▁his ▁close ▁relatives ▁there . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 7 , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Sh ins eng umi ▁with ▁his ▁older ▁brother ▁Ich im ura ▁T ats unos u ke ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁ 1 4 ▁years ▁old ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁att endant ▁of ▁Vice