Difference between revisions of "Battle of Toba-Fushimi"
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*Fushimi Area | *Fushimi Area | ||
**Commander: [[Takenaka Shigetaka]] | **Commander: [[Takenaka Shigetaka]] | ||
| − | **Infantry Unit4: 1000 | + | **Infantry Unit4: 1000 (Yokota Izunokami) |
| − | **Infantry Unit7: 800 | + | **Infantry Unit7: 800 (Osawa Kenichiro) |
| − | **Infantry Unit11: 900 | + | **Infantry Unit11: 900 (Sakuma Shigehisa) |
| − | **Infantry Unit12: ? | + | **Infantry Unit12: ? (Kubota Shigeaki) |
**Denshutai: ? | **Denshutai: ? | ||
| − | **[[Yugekitai]]: 50 | + | **[[Yugekitai]]: 50 (Imahori Echizennokami) |
| − | **[[Aizu han]] | + | **[[Aizu han]] forces: ? 7 units |
| − | **[[Shinsengumi]]: 150 | + | **[[Shinsengumi]]: 150 ([[Hijikata Toshizo]]) |
| − | **[[Takamatsu han]]: 300 | + | **[[Takamatsu han]]: 300 (Miyake Kageyoshi?) |
| − | **[[Toba han]]: 98 | + | **[[Toba han]]: 98 (Inagaki Kurobe) |
Revision as of 08:06, 14 March 2007
- Bakufu loyalists Vs. Emperor loyalists
- Date: 1868/1/3-6
- Location: Toba, Fushimi
Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu moved to Osaka castle from Nijo castle after Ôsei Fukko December 1867. Satsuma needed to bring Tokugawa into war to destroy Bakufu power so they had Ronin terrorize Edo. 1868/1/2 Bakufu retainers left Osaka for Kyoto to subdue Satsuma. Bakufu Loyalist forces came to number about 10,000. They were opposed by pro-Imperial forces of about 3500 which were advancing upon Fushimi from the north. Most of these troops were from Satsuma, but contingents from Tosa and Choshu were also present.
Bakufu Loyalist forces
- Toba Area
- Commander: Takigawa Tomotaka
- Infantry Unit1: 1000 (Tokugawa Dewanokami)
- Infantry Unit5: 800 (Akiyama Shimousanokami)
- Denshutai: ? (Ogasawara Iwaminokami)
- Mimawarigumi: 400 (Sasaki Tadasaburo)
- Kuwana han force: ?(Hattori Hanzo)
- Ogaki han force: 500 (Obara Tadamichi)
- Hamada han force: 30 (?)
- Fushimi Area
- Commander: Takenaka Shigetaka
- Infantry Unit4: 1000 (Yokota Izunokami)
- Infantry Unit7: 800 (Osawa Kenichiro)
- Infantry Unit11: 900 (Sakuma Shigehisa)
- Infantry Unit12: ? (Kubota Shigeaki)
- Denshutai: ?
- Yugekitai: 50 (Imahori Echizennokami)
- Aizu han forces: ? 7 units
- Shinsengumi: 150 (Hijikata Toshizo)
- Takamatsu han: 300 (Miyake Kageyoshi?)
- Toba han: 98 (Inagaki Kurobe)
