Changes

* ''Japanese'': 禁門の変 ''(Kinmon no hen)'', 蛤御門の変 ''(Hamaguri gomon no hen)''

* ''Japanese'': 禁門の変 ''(Kinmon no hen)'', 蛤御門の変 ''(Hamaguri gomon no hen)''

[[Image:Kinmonnohen.jpg|right|thumb|Kinmon Rebellion]]

Following a political shift in shogunate leadership in [[1863]] in which a more conservative faction gained power, the shogunate turned its attentions away from "expelling the barbarians" and towards concerns over rising threats to shogunate authority from within the realm. A number of Chôshû extremists were expelled from Kyoto at that time; of those who remained or returned, some were killed or captured by the [[Shinsengumi]] in the [[Ikedaya Affair]] on 1864/6/5. As a result, the Chôshû extremists worked to take military action against Satsuma and Aizu forces in Kyoto.

[[Choshu han|Chôshû]] [[Sonno|Sonnô]] [[Joi|Jôi]] extremists were expelled from Kyoto after the [[Political change on August 18]] ([[1863]]). On [[1864]]/6/5, Some of them who returned to Kyoto were killed or captured by the [[Shinsengumi]] at [[Ikedaya Affair|Ikedaya]].

The incident made Chôshû extremists take military action against [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] and [[Aizu han|Aizu]].

In 1864/7, Chôshû han [[Karo|Karô]] [[Fukuhara Echigo]], [[Kunishi Shinano]], and [[Masuda Uemonnosuke]] took troops to Kyoto. [[Kijima Matabei]], [[Kuzaka Genzui]] and [[Maki Izumi]] were among them.

Chôshû han ''[[Karo|karô]]'' [[Fukuhara Echigo]], [[Kunishi Shinano]], and [[Masuda Uemonnosuke]] traveled to Kyoto in 1864/7 with a number of troops, including [[Kijima Matabei]], [[Kuzaka Genzui]] and [[Maki Izumi]]. On 7/19, they clashed with Satsuma & Aizu troops near the Hamaguri Gate of the Imperial palace.

Kijima and Kunishi were killed in the battle. Maki and Kuzaka committed ''[[seppuku]]''.

On 7/19, The Chôshû troops and Satsuma-Aizu [[Kuwana han|Kuwana]] troops clashed near Hamaguri gate of the Imperial palace.

As the Chôshû troops withdrew, they set fires which spread and caused serious damage; the fires came to be called ''dondon yake''.

Kijima and Kunishi were killed in the battle. Maki and Kuzaka committed [[Seppuku]].

[[Image:Kinmon1.jpg|left|thumb|Area destroyed by the fire.]]

[[Image:Kinmon1.jpg|left|thumb|Area destroyed by the fire.]]

==References==

==References==

* [[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]] (幕末戊辰西南戦争)

* [[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]] (幕末戊辰西南戦争)