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[[Image:Shogitai2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Shôgitai]]

[[Image:Shogitai2.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Shôgitai]]

[[File:Shogitai-haka.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Grave of the Shôgitai, in [[Ueno Park]].]]

* ''Established: [[1868]]/2''

* ''Established: [[1868]]/2''

* ''Destroyed: 1868/5/15''

* ''Destroyed: 1868/5/15''

The Shôgitai was a pro-[[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] military unit formed in [[1868]] to combat anti-shogunate forces.

The Shôgitai was a pro-[[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] military unit formed in [[1868]] to combat anti-shogunate forces.

The group was originally formed in [[1868]]/2, by [[Hitotsubashi branch]] retainer [[Shibusawa Eiichi|Shibusawa Seiichirô]], [[Hatamoto]] [[Amano Hachiro|Amano Hachirô]] and 67 pro-Bakufu comrades who gathered at that time in Zôshigaya. They were first stationed at a temple in Asakusa, then moved to [[Kan'ei-ji]] in Ueno to serve as the guards of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]].

The group was originally formed in [[1868]]/2, by [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]] retainer [[Shibusawa Eiichi|Shibusawa Seiichirô]], [[Hatamoto]] [[Amano Hachiro|Amano Hachirô]] and 67 pro-Bakufu comrades who gathered at that time in Zôshigaya. They were first stationed at a temple in Asakusa, then moved to [[Kan'ei-ji]] in Ueno to serve as the guards of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]].

The Shôgitai was destroyed by imperial troops in the 5/15 [[Battle of Ueno]]. Some members then joined other pro-Bakufu troops in the North, while other members demobilized and returned to [[Edo]].

The Shôgitai was destroyed by imperial troops in the 5/15 [[Battle of Ueno]]. Some members then joined other pro-Bakufu troops in the North, while other members demobilized and returned to [[Edo]].

A tomb for the Shôgitai can be found today in [[Ueno Park]]. The smaller of the two main tombstones was erected in [[1869]] by a priest of Kan'ei-ji, while the larger was erected by [[Ogawa Okisato]], a surviving member of the group. Both were named important cultural assets of Tokyo's Taitô-ku (Taitô Ward) in 1990.

A tomb for the Shôgitai can be found today in [[Ueno Park]]. The smaller of the two main tombstones was erected in [[1869]] by a priest of Kan'ei-ji, while the larger was erected in [[1874]] by [[Ogawa Okisato]], a surviving member of the group. The site was cared for by the Ogawa family for around 120 years, before it was named an important cultural asset of Tokyo's Taitô-ku (Taitô Ward) in 1990. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government took over responsibility for the site in 2003.

==Shôgitai in Fiction==

==Shôgitai in Fiction==