Battle of Aizu

• Bakufu loyalists Vs. Emperor loyalists
  • Date: 1868/int.4/20-9/24"
  • Location: Aizu
  • Japanese:会津戦争(Aizu Senso)

Boshin War Toba-Fushimi - Koshu-Katsunuma - Utsunomiya castle - Ueno - Hokuetsu - Aizu - Hakodate

Shirakawaguchi

int.4/20, Aizu troops occupied Shirakawa castle. A Chôshû samurai Sera Shûzô who stationed the castle then was assassinated in Fukushima same day. int.4/25, the imperial troops attemted to take over the castle but were defeated. 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, Pro-Bakufu side were 2500 to 3000. However, Aizu troops lost commanders early and they had to retreat. According to Ichiji Masaharu's journal, the death toll of Pro-Bakufu side was about 700.

Aizu-Wakamatsu castle

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