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Japanese:彰義隊(Shôgitai)

[[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.
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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