Hakodate
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Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of January 31, 2024, the city had an estimated population of 239,813 wi
Clockwise from the top: Goryokaku, Hakodate Orthodox Church, Night View from Mount Hakodate, Hachiman-Zaka and Hakodate Port, Goryokaku Tower
Lithograph entitled "View of Hakodate from Snow Peak" looking towards the sea—artist, Wilhelm Heine (1856)
Naval Battle of Hakodate (1869)
Omachi, one of the neighborhoods in the Hakodate foreign settlement (1880)
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
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…fled to Hakodate with the remnants of his navy and his handful of French advisers in winter 1868, including Jules Brunet. They formally established the Republic of Ezo on December 25. The republic tried unsuccessfully to gather international recognition to foreign legations in Hakodate, including the Americans, French…
Troops of the former bakufu being transported to Ezo (Hokkaido) in 1868
Leaders of the Republic of Ezo, with the President Enomoto Takeaki (seated, right).
Ōtori Keisuke, Commander-in-Chief.