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[[Intercalary months|int.]]4/20, Aizu troops occupied [[Shirakawa castle]]. A [[Choshu|Chôshû]] samurai [[Sera Shuzo|Sera Shûzô]] who stationed the castle then was assassinated in Fukushima same day. [[Intercalary months|int.]]4/25, the imperial troops attemted to take over the castle but were defeated.
[[Intercalary months|int.]]4/20, Aizu troops occupied [[Shirakawa castle]]. A [[Choshu|Chôshû]] samurai [[Sera Shuzo|Sera Shûzô]] who stationed the castle then was assassinated in Fukushima same day. [[Intercalary months|int.]]4/25, the imperial troops attemted to take over the castle but were defeated.
[[Intercalary months|int.]]4/28, reinforcement of the imperial troops were arriving near Shirakawa. They started attacking the castle in the early morning of 5/1.
[[Intercalary months|int.]]4/28, reinforcement of the imperial troops were arriving near Shirakawa. They started attacking the castle in the early morning of 5/1.
The imperial troops were about 700, Aizu side were 2500 to 3000.
The imperial troops were about 700, Pro-Bakufu side were 2500 to 3000.
However, Aizu troops lost commanders early and they had to retreat.
However, Aizu troops lost commanders early and they had to retreat.
According to [[Ichiji Masaharu|Ichiji Masaharu's]] journal, the death toll of Pro-Bakufu side was about 700.
==Nihonmatsu==
==Nihonmatsu==
