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*Japanese:箱館戦争(Hakodate Senso)
*''Japanese'': 函館戦争 ''(Hakodate Sensou)''
[[Image:Hakodate senso.jpg|right|thumb|The battle of Hakodate]]
==Matsumae castle==
[[Image:五稜郭本陣.jpg|thumb|right|Goryôkaku Honjin]]
The former [[Bakufu]] retainers leaded by [[Enomoto Takeaki]] escaped from [[Edo]] in [[1868]]/4 and arrived at [[Ezo]] in 1868/10.
After they occupied [[Goryokaku castle|Goryôkaku]] fort, they headed to capture [[Matsumae castle]].
The former Bakufu retainers leaded by [[Enomoto Takeaki]] escaped from Edo in 1868/4 and arrived at Ezo in 1868/10.
In 1868/11/5, the ground troops leaded by [[Hijikata Toshizo]] overthrew [[Matsumae han|Matsumae han's]] defence line at Oyobegawa river. They occupied the hill in front of Matsumae castle.
The castle had 7 batteries.
Everytime when Hijikata's soldiers came close to Karametemon gate, the Matsumae soldiers opened the gate to fire the cannon and closed quickly.
While they were taking the same tactic over and over again, Hijikata took small unit and entered the castle from behind.<ref>According to [[Shimada Kai|Shimada Kai's]] journal."総督陸軍隊守衛新選組ヲ率テ城裏ニ廻リ梯子ヲ以テ石檣ヲ登リ城中ニ潜ミ入"</ref>
Matsumae han surrendered in 1868/11/20. But the former Bakufu retainer troops lost their battleships ''[[Kaiyo-maru|Kaiyô-maru]]'' and ''[[Shinsoku-maru]]'' during the battle.
In 1868/12/15,they declared the [[Republic of Ezo]] and Enomoto was elected to be the president.
==Miyako bay==
Next they planned to seize the warship ''[[Kotetsu|Kôtetsu]]'' that was anchoring at Kuwagasaki harbor in Miyako bay.
''Kôtetsu'' was an ironship that Tokugawa Bakufu purchased from the U.S. but it was possession of the Imperial forces at the time.
[[1869]]/3/21, ''[[Kaiten-maru]]'', ''[[Banryu-maru|Banryû-maru]]'' and ''[[Takao-maru]]'' left Hakodate, but only ''Kaiten-maru'' was able to reach Miyako bay.
''Kaiten-maru'' succeded to do surprise attack against ''Kôtetsu'', but only 7 crews were able to jump on the deck of ''Kôtetsu'' and they were all shot.
Fortunately there were only supply ships near ''Kôtetsu''.
Once they realized the operation failed, they quickly left the bay.
[[Koga Gengo|Kôga Gengo]] the captain of ''Kaiten-maru'' was killed in the battle.
==Hakodate==
[[Image:Battleofhakodateroutes.jpg|right|thumb|Imperial troops routes]]
1869/4/9, the Imperial troops started landing on Ezo.
The Ezo troops spotted them at Futamataguchi, Kikonai and Matsumaeguchi.
Matsumae castle fell first, and the Imperial troops defeated the Ezo troops at Kikonai.
The Ezo troops commanded by Hijikata Toshizô at Futamataguchi was defeating the Imperial troops but when Yaginai was broken through, Hijikata decided to withdraw to Hakodate.
1869/5/11, the Imperial troops attacked Hakodate. They had 7 ships to support the ground troops but one of them ''[[Choyo-maru|Chôyô-maru]]'' was sunk by Banryû-maru.
Hijikata was killed when he was on the way to ''Benten battery'' to rescue [[Shinsengumi]].
1869/5/16, the nearest battery from Goryôkaku was occupied. The Republic of Ezo surrendered in 5/18 and Boshin war ended.
==Notes==
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==Battle of Hakodate in Fiction==
===Television===
*''Goryôkaku'' (五稜郭) NTV 1988
*''Shinsengumi!! Hijikata Toshizô Saigo no Ichinichi'' (新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日) NHK 2006
==Links==
*[http://www.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jp/soumu/hensan/hakodate-map/map-main.htm Hakodate city tourism]
==References==
==References==
*''Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso'' (幕末戊辰西南戦争), Gakken
*''[[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]]'' (幕末戊辰西南戦争)'', Gakken''
*''[[Shinsengumi Nikki]]''
*''Daremo Kakanakatta Hakodate Senso''(誰も書かなかった箱館戦争)'',Shinjinbutsu Oraisha''
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[[Battle of Toba-Fushimi|Toba-Fushimi]] - [[Battle of Koshu-Katsunuma|Koshu-Katsunuma]] - [[Battle of Utsunomiya castle|Utsunomiya castle]] - [[Battle of Ueno|Ueno]] - [[Battle of Hokuetsu|Hokuetsu]] - [[Battle of Aizu|Aizu]] - [[Battle of Hakodate|Hakodate]]}}</td></tr></table>
[[Battle of Utsunomiya castle|Utsunomiya castle]] -
[[Battle of Ueno|Ueno]] -
[[Battle of Hokuetsu|Hokuetsu]] -
[[Battle of Aizu|Aizu]] -
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