Naval Battle of Hakodate
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The Naval Battle of Hakodate was fought from 4 to 10 May 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed I
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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
Naval Battle of Hakodate
…Hakodatewan Kaisen) was fought from 4 to 10 May 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy. It was one of the last stages of the Battle of Hakodate during the Boshin War, and occurred near Hakodate…
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.