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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 seek
The Battle of Ueno
The Battle of Ueno
The shogunate's Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steam warship, 1855. The shogunate pursued modernization, but was faced by growing internal di
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.
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 Minié rifle
Guns of the Boshin War, from top to bottom: a Snider, a Starr, and an Minié rifle
Republic of Ezo
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The Republic of Ezo was a short-lived separatist state established in 1869 on the island of Ezo, now Hokkaido, by a part of the former military of the Tokugawa shogunate at the end of the Bakumatsu pe
Boshin War
…Edo, Yoshinobu personally surrendered. Those loyal to the Tokugawa shōgun retreated to northern Honshū and later to Hokkaido, where they founded the Republic of Ezo. The defeat at the Battle of Hakodate broke this last holdout and left the Emperor as the de facto supreme ruler throughout the whole of Japan, completing…
Troops of the former bakufu being transported to Ezo (Hokkaido) in 1868
Troops of the former bakufu being transported to Ezo (Hokkaido) in 1868
The Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay, May 1869; in the foreground, Kasuga and Kōtetsu of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
The Naval Battle of Hakodate Bay, May 1869; in the foreground, Kasuga and Kōtetsu of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Leaders of the Republic of Ezo, with the President Enomoto Takeaki (seated, right).
Leaders of the Republic of Ezo, with the President Enomoto Takeaki (seated, right).
Ōtori Keisuke, Commander-in-Chief.
Ōtori Keisuke, Commander-in-Chief.