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| ** ''Location: Ueno, [[Edo]] '' | | ** ''Location: Ueno, [[Edo]] '' |
| ** ''Japanese'': 上野戦争 (Ueno sensô) | | ** ''Japanese'': 上野戦争 (Ueno sensô) |
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| + | {{Battles |
| + | |name=[[Boshin War]] |
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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> |
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| [[Image:Ueno.jpg|thumb|roght|Battle of Ueno]] | | [[Image:Ueno.jpg|thumb|roght|Battle of Ueno]] |
| [[Image:Black gate.jpg|thumb|right|Black Gate]] | | [[Image:Black gate.jpg|thumb|right|Black Gate]] |
− | [[Edo castle]] was handed over to Imperial troops peacefully.
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− | However, many of Bakufu retainers disagreed former [[Shogun]]
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− | [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu|Yoshinobu]] and [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu's]] decision.
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− | Those Bakufu retainers formed [[Shogitai|Shôgitai]] corp and they gathered at Kan-eiji temple.<ref>Current Ueno park</ref>
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− | [[Omura Masujiro]] the commander of the Imperial troops announced that the attack against the Shôgitai will take in May 15. | + | The Battle of Ueno was a significant battle of the [[Boshin War]], fought between forces of the new imperial [[Meiji government]] and the [[Shogitai|Shôgitai]], self-appointed defenders of the last shogun, on the grounds of [[Kan'ei-ji]] temple (today [[Ueno Park]], Tokyo). |
− | As the result, almost half of the Shôgitai members deserted before the day.
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| + | Although [[Edo castle]] was handed over to Imperial troops peacefully, many former ''bakufu'' retainers disagreed with this decision made by former [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] and [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]] to surrender. They formed a group called the ''Shôgitai'' and gathered at Kan'ei-ji temple, naming themselves defenders of Yoshinobu, who was under confinement in his lodgings at the temple. Kaishû attempted to negotiate with the Shôgitai, but to no avail. |
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− | The battle started at ''Black gate''<ref>The place where now Saigo Takamori satatue is</ref> of Kan-eiji where 450 Shôgitai members guarded.
| + | Yoshinobu was relocated to [[Mito han|Mito]] on 1868/4/11, yet the Shôgitai still remained unmoved. |
− | The Imperial troops attacked from front of the gate and behind the temple.
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− | And 13 cannons that set inside of [[Kaga han]] residence<ref>Current Tokyo University</ref> attacked inside of Kan-eiji directly.
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− | The Shôgitai was destroyed in a day.
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| + | Imperial troops led by [[Omura Masujiro|Ômura Masujirô]] then announced they would attack the Shôgitai and attempt to sweep them from the temple grounds on 1868/5/15. As a result, almost half of the ''Shôgitai'' members deserted before that day. |
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− | The ''Black gate'' has been moved to Eitsu-ji, Arakawa ward. | + | The battle started at the Kuromon ("Black Gate") of Kan'ei-ji, which was being guarded by 450 ''Shôgitai'' members. A famous statue of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] stands on this spot today. The Imperial troops attacked from the front of the gate and from behind the temple, attacking the temple directly with thirteen cannon based within the [[Kaga Edo mansion|mansion]] of [[Kaga han]] (today the main campus of the [[University of Tokyo]]). The ''Shôgitai'' was destroyed in about ten hours; much of the temple burned down in the battle and was largely never rebuilt. |
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| + | The Kuromon can be found today at Entsu-ji in Arakawa-ku, Tokyo. |
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| + | ==References== |
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| + | *''[[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]]'' (幕末戊辰西南戦争) Gakken 2006 |
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| + | *Gallery labels, Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/33340366678/sizes/l/] |
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− | |battles=[[Battle of Toba-Fushimi|Toba-Fushimi]] -
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− | [[Battle of Koshu-Katsunuma|Koshu-Katsunuma]] - | |
− | [[Battle of Utsunomiya castle|Utsunomiya castle]] -
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− | [[Battle of Ueno|Ueno]] -
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− | [[Battle of Hokuetsu|Hokuetsu]] - | |
− | [[Battle of Aizu|Aizu]] -
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− | [[Battle of Hakodate|Hakodate]]}}</td></tr></table>
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| ==Links== | | ==Links== |
− | *Eitsu-ji, [http://www6.plala.or.jp/entsuji/newpage2.htm Black gate] | + | *Entsu-ji, [http://www6.plala.or.jp/entsuji/newpage2.htm Black gate] |
| *[http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~sinobazu/3050.html Shogitai Archives] | | *[http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~sinobazu/3050.html Shogitai Archives] |
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− | ==References==
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− | *''[[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]]'' (幕末戊辰西南戦争) Gakken 2006
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| [[Category:Battles|Ueno]] | | [[Category:Battles|Ueno]] |
| [[Category:Bakumatsu|Ueno]] | | [[Category:Bakumatsu|Ueno]] |
| {{draft}} | | {{draft}} |