was a Japanese samurai from Chikugo Province who lived during the late Tokugawa shogunate. He sided with Satsuma in the Battle of TobaâÂÂFushimi. After the Meiji Restoration, Shinohara became a businessman and later, a devout Christian.
In his memoir, Shinohara describes pivotal events and circumstances surrounding the Shinsengumi, and his own assassination attempt on Kondà  Isami.