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

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

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

As the Chôshû troops withdrew, they set fires which spread and caused serious damage; the fires came to be called ''dondon yake''. In the aftermath of the event, the shogunate moved to reduce the [[Mori clan|Môri's]] holdings by 100,000 ''[[koku]]'' as punishment, but the [[Meiji Restoration]] came to pass before the reduction was put into effect; this was the only time the shogunate attempted to reduce the holdings of a ''[[kunimochi]] daimyô''.<ref>[[Mark Ravina]], ''Land and Lordship in Early Modern Japan'', Stanford University Press (1999), 21.</ref>

[[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)

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