Boshin War

• Bakufu supporters Vs. Meiji government
  • Period: 1868-1869
• Japanese: 戊辰戦争(Boshin Senso)

Boshin war is the civil war that the new Meiji government to mop-up Pro-Tokugawa power.

Battle of Toba-Fushimi

• See also Battle of Toba-Fushimi

1868/1/3 The Bakufu troops and Satsuma-Choshu troops clashed at suburb of Kyoto. Satsuma-Choshu alliance defeated the Bakufu troops and they won real power of the new government.

References

• Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso, Gakken