Kuroda Denta

In this Japanese name, the surname is Kuroda.

Kuroda Denta (黒田 伝太, 1843 - March 8, 1908) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. A retainer of the Niwa clan of Nihonmatsu han, Kuroda fought in the Boshin War, seeing action at the Battle of Bonari Pass. Met the famous Saitō Hajime in a nearby valley following the Imperial Japanese Army's victory.

Resource

Tōdō Toshihisa, "Saitō Hajime Kanren Jinbutsu Jiten". pp. 193–206 of Shinsengumi Saitō Hajime no Subete. Tōkyō: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha, 2003, p. 195.