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Japanese:禁門の変(Kinmon no hen), 蛤御門の変(Hamaguri gomon no hen)

* ''Japanese'': 禁門の変 ''(Kinmon no hen)'', 蛤御門の変 ''(Hamaguri gomon no hen)''

Choshu [[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[Joi|Jôi]] extremists were expelled from Kyoto after [[Political change on August 18]]([[1863]]).

The Kinmon Rebellion, also known as the Hamaguri Gate Incident, was an attempt in [[1864]]/7 by ''[[sonno|sonnô]] [[joi|jôi]]'' extremists from [[Choshu han|Chôshû]] to seize control of the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace]]; they were successfully stopped by forces from [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] and [[Aizu han]].

[[1864]]/6/5, Some of them who returned to Kyoto were killed or captured by the [[Shinsengumi]] at [[Ikedaya Affair|Ikedaya]].

Following a political shift in shogunate leadership in [[1863]] in which a more conservative faction gained power, the shogunate turned its attentions away from "expelling the barbarians" and towards concerns over rising threats to shogunate authority from within the realm. A number of Chôshû extremists were expelled from Kyoto at that time; of those who remained or returned, some were killed or captured by the [[Shinsengumi]] in the [[Ikedaya Affair]] on 1864/6/5. As a result, the Chôshû extremists worked to take military action against Satsuma and Aizu forces in Kyoto.

The incident made Choshu extremists take a military action against [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] and [[Aizu han|Aizu]].

1864/7, Choshu han [[Karo|Karô]] [[Fukuhara Echigo]], [[Kunishi Shinano]], [[Masuda Uemonnosuke]] took troops to Kyoto. [[Kijima Matabei]], [[Kuzaka Genzui]] and [[Maki Izumi]] were among them.

Chôshû han ''[[Karo|karô]]'' [[Fukuhara Echigo]], [[Kunishi Shinano]], and [[Masuda Uemonnosuke]] traveled to Kyoto in 1864/7 with a number of troops, including [[Kijima Matabei]], [[Kuzaka Genzui]] and [[Maki Izumi]]. On 7/19, they clashed with Satsuma & Aizu troops near the Hamaguri Gate of the Imperial palace.

Kijima and Kunishi were killed in the battle. Maki and Kuzaka committed ''[[seppuku]]''.

7/19, The Choshu troops and Satsuma Aizu [[Kuwana han|Kuwana]] troops clashed near Hamaguri gate of the Imperial palace.

As the Chôshû troops withdrew, they set fires which spread and caused serious damage; the fires came to be called ''dondon yake''. In the aftermath of the event, the shogunate moved to reduce the [[Mori clan|Môri's]] holdings by 100,000 ''[[koku]]'' as punishment, but the [[Meiji Restoration]] came to pass before the reduction was put into effect; this was the only time the shogunate attempted to reduce the holdings of a ''[[kunimochi]] daimyô''.<ref>[[Mark Ravina]], ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan'', Stanford University Press (1999), 21.</ref>

Kijima and Kunishi were killed in the battle. Maki and Kuzaka committed [[Seppuku]].

 

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* [[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]] (幕末戊辰西南戦争)

* [[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]] (幕末戊辰西南戦争)

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