Difference between revisions of "Battle of Toba-Fushimi"

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*Toba Area
 
*Toba Area
**Commander: Takigawa Tomotaka
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**Commander: [[Takigawa Tomotaka]]
 
**Infantry Unit1: 1000 (Tokugawa Dewanokami)
 
**Infantry Unit1: 1000 (Tokugawa Dewanokami)
 
**Infantry Unit5: 800 (Akiyama Shimousanokami)
 
**Infantry Unit5: 800 (Akiyama Shimousanokami)
**Infantry Denshutai: ? (Ogasawara Iwaminokami)
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**Infantry [[Denshutai]]: ? (Ogasawara Iwaminokami)
**Mimawarigumi: 400 (Sasaki Tadasaburo)
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**[[Mimawarigumi]]: 400 ([[Sasaki Tadasaburo]])
**Kuwana han force: (Hattori Hanzo)
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**[[Kuwana han]] force: (Hattori Hanzo)
**Ogaki han force: 500 (Obara Tadamichi)
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**[[Ogaki han]] force: 500 (Obara Tadamichi)
**Hamada han: 30 (?)
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**[[Hamada han]]: 30 (?)
  
  

Revision as of 10:01, 13 March 2007

  • Bakufu loyalists Vs. Emperor loyalists
    • Date: 1868/1/3-6
    • Location: Toba, Fushimi

Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu moved to Osaka castle from Nijo castle after Ôsei Fukko December 1867. Satsuma needed to bring Tokugawa into war to destroy Bakufu power so they had Ronin terrorize Edo. 1868/1/2 Bakufu retainers left Osaka for Kyoto to subdue Satsuma. Bakufu Loyalist forces came to number about 10,000. They were opposed by pro-Imperial forces of about 3500 which were advancing upon Fushimi from the north. Most of these troops were from Satsuma, but contingents from Tosa and Choshu were also present.


Bakufu Loyalist forces