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Japanese:彰義隊(Shôgitai)
[[Image:Shogitai2.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Shôgitai]]
[[File:Shogitai-haka.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Grave of the Shôgitai, in [[Ueno Park]].]]
* ''Established: [[1868]]/2''
* ''Destroyed: 1868/5/15''
* ''Japanese'': 彰義隊 ''(Shougitai)''
[[1868]]/2, [[Hitotsubashi clan]] retainer [[Shibusawa Seiichiro|Shibusawa Seiichirô]], Hatamoto [[Amano Hachiro|Amano Hachirô]] and 67 pro-Bakufu comrades gathered in Zôshigaya and formed a military unit and named Shogitai.
The Shôgitai was a pro-[[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] military unit formed in [[1868]] to combat anti-shogunate forces.
The group was originally formed in [[1868]]/2, by [[Hitotsubashi Tokugawa clan]] retainer [[Shibusawa Eiichi|Shibusawa Seiichirô]], [[Hatamoto]] [[Amano Hachiro|Amano Hachirô]] and 67 pro-Bakufu comrades who gathered at that time in Zôshigaya. They were first stationed at a temple in Asakusa, then moved to [[Kan'ei-ji]] in Ueno to serve as the guards of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu]].
Some members followed other pro-Bakufu troops in the North, some members just returned to be ordinary [[Edo]] citizens.
The Shôgitai was destroyed by imperial troops in the 5/15 [[Battle of Ueno]]. Some members then joined other pro-Bakufu troops in the North, while other members demobilized and returned to [[Edo]].
A tomb for the Shôgitai can be found today in [[Ueno Park]]. The smaller of the two main tombstones was erected in [[1869]] by a priest of Kan'ei-ji, while the larger was erected in [[1874]] by [[Ogawa Okisato]], a surviving member of the group. The site was cared for by the Ogawa family for around 120 years, before it was named an important cultural asset of Tokyo's Taitô-ku (Taitô Ward) in 1990. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government took over responsibility for the site in 2003.
==Shôgitai in Fiction==
===Movies===
* ''Tsukigami'' (憑神) 2007 Furuhata Yasuo
===Books===
* ''Shôgitai'' (彰義隊)Yoshimura Akira
* ''Aizushikon 6'' (会津士魂6) Saotome Mitsugu
* ''Uetaru Shôgitai'' (飢えたる彰義隊) [[Yoshikawa Eiji]]
* ''Shôgitai Shimatsu'' (彰義隊始末) [[Shimozawa Kan]]
* ''[[Ame no oto]]'' (雨の音) [[Shimozawa Kan]]
==Links==
*[http://www18.ocn.ne.jp/~sinobazu/3050.html Shogitai Archives]
==References==
==References==
* ''Boshin Senso'' (戊辰戦争) Sasaki Suguru
* ''Boshin Senso'' (戊辰戦争) Sasaki Suguru
* Plaques on-site at Ueno Park.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Groups]][[Category:Bakumatsu]][[Category:Edo Period]]