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==Battle of Hokuetsu==
 
==Battle of Hokuetsu==
 
* ''See also [[Battle of Hokuetsu]]''
 
* ''See also [[Battle of Hokuetsu]]''
After the negotiation between the Imperial troops and [[Nagaoka han]] was broke up, Nagaoka attacked the Imperial troops in Enoki pass.
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After the negotiation between the Imperial troops and [[Nagaoka han]] was broken up, Nagaoka attacked the Imperial troops in Enoki pass.
 
But the [[Nagaoka castle]] fell in 7/29 and the battle ended.
 
But the [[Nagaoka castle]] fell in 7/29 and the battle ended.
  

Revision as of 09:04, 1 March 2007

  • Bakufu supporters Vs. Meiji government
  • Japanese: 戊辰戦争(Boshin Sensô)

Boshin war is the civil war that the new Meiji government to mop-up Pro-Tokugawa power.

Battle of Toba-Fushimi

1868/1/3 The Bakufu troops and Satsuma-Chôshû troops clashed at suburb of Kyoto. Satsuma-Chôshû alliance defeated the Bakufu troops and they won real power of the new government.

Battle of Koshu-Katsunuma

1868/3, Bakufu sent the Kôyô Chinbutai(Shinsengumi) to Kofu castle. However the castle was occupied by the Imperial troops already. The Kôyô Chinbutai was defeated in Katsunuma.

Surrender of Edo

3/6 The Imperial troops planned to attack the Edo castle in 3/15. Bakufu retainer Yamaoka Tesshu visited Saigô Takamori in Sunpu to negotiate the terms of capitulation. Saigo Takamori entered Edo in 3/13 and had a meeting with Army minister Katsu Kaishu to negotiate the surrender of the Edo castle. As the result, the Imperial troops entered Edo without blood in 4/11. Same day, Tokugawa Yoshinobu left Edo and headed to Mito.

Battle of Utsunomiya castle

The Bakufu retainers who refused to surrender made resistance against the Imperial troops. 4/19, the Bakufu troops occupied the Utsunomiya castle but they were defeated by the reinforcements of the Imperial troops in 4 days.

Battle of Ueno

5/15, The Imperial troops and Shôgitai clashed at Kanei-ji temple.

Battle of Hokuetsu

After the negotiation between the Imperial troops and Nagaoka han was broken up, Nagaoka attacked the Imperial troops in Enoki pass. But the Nagaoka castle fell in 7/29 and the battle ended.

Battle of Aizu

The battles over the Shirakwa castle took 3 months. The Imperial troops defeated Aizu at Bonari pass in 8/21, Aizu surrendered in 9/22.

Battle of Hakodate

Enomoto Takeaki and former Bakufu retainers took Bakufu's fleet to Ezo, occupied Goryôkaku fort in 10/26 and established the local government. They attempted the Naval Battle of Miyako Bay but it was failed. 1869/4/9 the imperial troops landed Otobe, 5/18 former Bakufu troops surrendered.

References

  • Bakumatsu Boshin Seinan Senso(幕末戊辰西南戦争), Gakken
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