Boshin War
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The Boshin War , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court.
The Battle of Ueno, Yoshimori Utagawa, 1869
The shogunate's Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steam warship, 1855. The shogunate pursued modernization, but was faced by growing internal discontent against the harm to national sovereignty brought on by contact with Westerners.
Bakufu troops near Mount Fuji in 1867. The painting by French officer Jules Brunet shows an eclectic combination of Western and Japanese equipment.
Guns of the Boshin War, from top to bottom: a Snider, a Starr, and an unknown musket
Prince Komatsu Akihito
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Prince Komatsu Akihito was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who was a member of the Fushimi-no-miya, one of the shinnÅke branches of the Imperial Family of Japan, which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Statue of Prince Komatsu Akihito in Ueno Park.
Prince Yoshiaki in England
Prince Komatsu Akihito