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[[Image:Black gate.jpg|thumb|right|Black Gate]]
[[Image:Black gate.jpg|thumb|right|Black Gate]]
[[Edo castle]] was handed over to Imperial troops peacefully. However, many former ''bakufu'' retainers disagreed with the decision made by former [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] and [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]]. They formed a group called the ''[[Shogitai|Shôgitai]]'' and gathered at [[Kan'ei-ji]] temple (in what is now [[Ueno Park]]).
The Battle of Ueno was a significant battle of the [[Boshin War]], fought between forces of the new imperial [[Meiji government]] and the [[Shogitai|Shôgitai]], self-appointed defenders of the last shogun, on the grounds of [[Kan'ei-ji]] temple (today [[Ueno Park]], Tokyo).
[[Omura Masujiro]], the commander of the Imperial troops announced that the attack against the Shôgitai would take place on the 15th day of the fifth month of the Japanese calender. As a result, almost half of the ''Shôgitai'' members deserted before that day.
Although [[Edo castle]] was handed over to Imperial troops peacefully, many former ''bakufu'' retainers disagreed with this decision made by former [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]] and [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]] to surrender. They formed a group called the ''Shôgitai'' and gathered at Kan'ei-ji temple, naming themselves defenders of Yoshinobu, who was under confinement in his lodgings at the temple. Kaishû attempted to negotiate with the Shôgitai, but to no avail.
Yoshinobu was relocated to [[Mito han|Mito]] on 1868/4/11, yet the Shôgitai still remained unmoved.
The Kuromon can be found today in Entsu-ji in Arakawa-ku.
Imperial troops led by [[Omura Masujiro|Ômura Masujirô]] then announced they would attack the Shôgitai and attempt to sweep them from the temple grounds on 1868/5/15. As a result, almost half of the ''Shôgitai'' members deserted before that day.
The battle started at the Kuromon ("Black Gate") of Kan'ei-ji, which was being guarded by 450 ''Shôgitai'' members. A famous statue of [[Saigo Takamori|Saigô Takamori]] stands on this spot today. The Imperial troops attacked from the front of the gate and from behind the temple, attacking the temple directly with thirteen cannon based within the [[Kaga Edo mansion|mansion]] of [[Kaga han]] (today the main campus of the [[University of Tokyo]]). The ''Shôgitai'' was destroyed in about ten hours; much of the temple burned down in the battle and was largely never rebuilt.
The Kuromon can be found today at Entsu-ji in Arakawa-ku, Tokyo.
==Notes==
==Notes==
==References==
==References==
*''[[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]]'' (幕末戊辰西南戦争) Gakken 2006
*''[[Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso]]'' (幕末戊辰西南戦争) Gakken 2006
*Gallery labels, Edo-Tokyo Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/33340366678/sizes/l/]
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