池田屋事変を期として、新撰組は更に一大飛躍を遂げてゐる。隊員も不足なので、近藤は書を近親に寄せて、隊員の周旋を依頼し、「兵は東国に限り候と存じ奉り候」と、気焔を上げてゐるbr 朗　読：岩倉　洋子 br たおやかインターネット放送ＨＰ： Following the Ikedaya Incident, the Shinsengumi achieved a further great leap forward. With the ranks thin, Kondō wrote to his close relatives requesting recruitment assistance, declaring with fiery resolve: ‘Soldiers are scarce in the eastern provinces, I believe.’br Recitation: Yoko Iwakura br Taoyaka Internet Broadcasting Website: http: taoyaka.at-ninja.