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In [[1863]], the [[Bakufu]] recruited [[ronin]] to guard [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi|Iemochi]] on the occasion of a visit to [[Kyoto]] to meet with the emperor. This visit was a precedent breaking event—not since the founding member of the Tokugawa Bakufu, [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], had the reigning shogun gone to Kyoto to confer with the Son of Heaven, the Emperor [[Komei]]. But these were difficult times for Japan, a country deep in a crisis in regards to how to respond to the perceived threat that the arrival of the Americans and the Europeans had sparked. Many Japanese, including Emperor Komei, were vehement xenophobes and wanted the “staining” foreign presence cleansed from Japan. Iemochi, as head of the military government, was being summoned to confer on how to enact the recent imperial edict calling for the expulsion of foreigners to be backed up by the use of force.  

In [[1863]], the [[Bakufu]] recruited [[ronin]] to guard [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi|Iemochi]] on the occasion of a visit to [[Kyoto]] to meet with the emperor. This visit was a precedent breaking event—not since the founding member of the Tokugawa Bakufu, [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], had the reigning shogun gone to Kyoto to confer with the Son of Heaven, the Emperor [[Komei]]. But these were difficult times for Japan, a country deep in a crisis in regards to how to respond to the perceived threat that the arrival of the Americans and the Europeans had sparked. Many Japanese, including Emperor Komei, were vehement xenophobes and wanted the “staining” foreign presence cleansed from Japan. Iemochi, as head of the military government, was being summoned to confer on how to enact the recent imperial edict calling for the expulsion of foreigners to be backed up by the use of force.  

One of Katamori’s first priorities in his new post was to stabilize Kyoto and safeguard Iemochi during his visit. In 1862, rather than send squads of Tokugawa troops from Edo to Kyoto, the Bakufu decided to recruit ronin for the job of suppressing the anti-Bakufu/pro-imperial ronin subverting the rule of law in Kyoto. In other words, ronin would be used to hunt down other ronin. To this end, the Roshigumi was formed.

One of Katamori’s first priorities in his new post was to stabilize Kyoto and safeguard Iemochi during his visit. In 1862, rather than send squads of Tokugawa troops from Edo to Kyoto, the Bakufu decided to recruit ronin for the job of suppressing the anti-Bakufu/pro-imperial ronin subverting the rule of law in Kyoto. In other words, ronin would be used to hunt down other ronin. To this end, the Roshigumi was formed.

Roshigumi was a [[Ronin]] force which formed by the Edo [[Bakufu]] to guard [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] in [[1863]].

Roshigumi was a [[Ronin]] force which formed by the Edo [[Bakufu]] to guard [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] in [[1863]].

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]

[[Category:Bakumatsu]]

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