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* ''Japanese'': 彰義隊 ''(Shougitai)''

* ''Japanese'': 彰義隊 ''(Shougitai)''

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

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

In [[1868]]/2, [[Hitotsubashi branch]] retainer [[Shibusawa Eiichi|Shibusawa Seiichirô]], [[Hatamoto]] [[Amano Hachiro|Amano Hachirô]] and 67 pro-Bakufu comrades gathered in Zôshigaya and formed a military unit called the Shôgitai.

They were first stationed at a temple in Asakusa, then moved to [[Kan'ei-ji]] as the guards of [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]].

On 5/15, the Shôgitai was destroyed by imperial troops. (the [[Battle of Ueno]])

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]].

Some members followed 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.

==Shôgitai in Fiction==

==Shôgitai in Fiction==

==References==

==References==

* ''Boshin Senso'' (戊辰戦争) Sasaki Suguru

* ''Boshin Senso'' (戊辰戦争) Sasaki Suguru

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[[Category:Groups]][[Category:Bakumatsu]][[Category:Edo Period]]