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[[Image:Black gate.jpg|thumb|right|Black Gate]]
 
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[[Edo castle]] was handed over to Imperial troops peacefully.
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[[Edo castle]] was handed over to Imperial troops peacefully. However, many former ''bakufu'' retainers disagreed with the decision made by former [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] and [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]]. They formed a group called the ''[[Shogitai|Shôgitai]]'' and gathered at [[Kan'ei-ji]] temple (in what is now [[Ueno Park]]).
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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-ei-ji 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.
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[[Omura Masujiro]], the commander of the Imperial troops announced that the attack against the Shôgitai would take place on May 15. As a result, almost half of the ''Shôgitai'' members deserted before that day.
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As the result, almost half of the Shôgitai members deserted before the day.
 
  
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The battle started at ''Black gate''<ref>The place where now Saigo Takamori satatue is</ref> of Kan-ei-ji where 450 Shôgitai members were guarding.
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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]] 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 Edo manor of [[Kaga han]] (today the main campus of [[Tokyo University]]). The ''Shôgitai'' was destroyed in a day.
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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-ei-ji directly.
 
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The Shôgitai was destroyed in a day.
 
  
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The ''Black gate'' still exist in Entsu-ji in Araklawa ward.
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The Kuromon can be found today in Entsu-ji in Arakawa-ku.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==

Revision as of 21:59, 25 January 2008

  • Bakufu loyalists Vs. Emperor loyalists
    • Date: 1868/5/15
    • Location: Ueno, Edo
    • Japanese: 上野戦争 (Ueno sensô)
Boshin War
Toba-Fushimi -

Koshu-Katsunuma - Utsunomiya castle - Ueno - Hokuetsu - Aizu - Hakodate


Battle of Ueno
Black Gate

Edo castle was handed over to Imperial troops peacefully. However, many former bakufu retainers disagreed with the decision made by former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu and Katsu Kaishû. They formed a group called the Shôgitai and gathered at Kan'ei-ji temple (in what is now Ueno Park).

Omura Masujiro, the commander of the Imperial troops announced that the attack against the Shôgitai would take place on May 15. As a result, almost half of the Shôgitai members deserted before that day.

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 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 Edo manor of Kaga han (today the main campus of Tokyo University). The Shôgitai was destroyed in a day.

The Kuromon can be found today in Entsu-ji in Arakawa-ku.

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