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1868/1/2 Bakufu retainers left Osaka for Kyoto to subdue Satsuma.
1868/1/2 Bakufu retainers left Osaka for Kyoto to subdue Satsuma.
Bakufu Loyalist forces came to number about 10,000. They were opposed by pro-Imperial forces of about 3500 which were advancing upon Fushimi from the north. Most of these troops were from Satsuma, but contingents from [[Tosa han|Tosa]] and [[Choshu han|Choshu]] were also present.
Bakufu Loyalist forces came to number about 10,000. They were opposed by pro-Imperial forces of about 3500 which were advancing upon Fushimi from the north. Most of these troops were from Satsuma, but contingents from [[Tosa han|Tosa]] and [[Choshu han|Choshu]] were also present.
Bakufu Loyalist forces
*Toba Area
**Commander: Takigawa Tomotaka
**Infantry Unit1: 1000 (Tokugawa Dewanokami)
**Infantry Unit5: 800 (Akiyama Shimousanokami)
**Infantry Denshutai: ? (Ogasawara Iwaminokami)
**Mimawarigumi: 400 (Sasaki Tadasaburo)
**Kuwana han force: (Hattori Hanzo)
**Ogaki han force: 500 (Obara Tadamichi)
**Hamada han: 30 (?)