Who were the two parties fighting in the war where Kajiwara Heima served as karō?
Kajiwara Heima Kajiwara Heima (梶原 平馬 , 1842?-1889) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who was a retainer of the Aizu domain. He served as a "karō" in the Aizu administration, and supervised political affairs during the Boshin War, also attending to matters of arms procurement. After the war, he went to Nemuro, and died there. His grave in Nemuro was recently rediscovered.
Tsugaru clan The Tsugaru clan (津軽氏 , Tsugaru-shi ) was a Japanese samurai clan originating in northern Japan, specifically Mutsu Province (the northeast coast of Honshū). A branch of the local Nanbu clan, the Tsugaru rose to power during the Azuchi–Momoyama period. It was on the winning side of the Battle of Sekigahara, and entered the Edo period as a family of lords (daimyo) ruling the Hirosaki Domain. A second branch of the family was later established, which ruled the Kuroishi Domain. The Tsugaru survived as a daimyo family until the Meiji Restoration, when Tsugaru Tsuguakira of Hirosaki and Tsugaru Tsugumichi of Kuroishi were relieved of office. Their extended family then became part of the new nobility in the Meiji era.