Shogitai

Japanese:彰義隊(Shôgitai)

1868/2, Hitotsubashi clan retainer Shibusawa Seiichirô, Hatamoto Amano Hachirô and 67 pro-Bakufu comrades gathered in Zôshigaya and formed a military unit and named Shogitai. They first stationed at a temple in Asakusa, then moved to Kan-ei-ji as the guards of Tokugawa Yoshinobu.

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

Some members followed other pro-Bakufu troops in the North, some members just returned to be ordinary Edo citizens.

References

• Boshin Senso (戊辰戦争) Sasaki Suguru

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