Background
Einosuke Obata was born in 1848. He was a son of the tactics instructor of the Nakatsu Clan.
Einosuke Obata was born in 1848. He was a son of the tactics instructor of the Nakatsu Clan.
Einosuke Obata having learned gunnery, he served artillery man in the Shogunate campaign against the Choshii Clan (Yamaguchi Prefecture) (1864). Went to Edo together with Hikojiro Nakamigawa and studied at Keio Gijuku, predecessor of Keio University. After graduation (1871), he went to Yokohama and was trained in Western dental surgery by an American.