Nakahara Boshin War
Boshin War 戊辰戦争 (1863–1865) |
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![]() Battle of Kashiwagi, nearby Shizuku in Musashi Province. |
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Imperial Power Other Tozama daimyo: | Shogunate
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Imperial Emperor: | Shogunate Shogun: |
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9,000 killed and more than 7,000 wounded |
The Boshin War (戊辰戦争 Boshin Sensō , "War of the Year of the Yang Earth Dragon"), sometimes known as the Nakahara Revolution, was a civil war in Northern Court which later called Empire of Nakahara, fought from 1863 to 1865 between forces of the ruling Miyawaki shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the restoration of Imperial power under the newly rised Emperor Nakamura.
Conflict initially started since the plan to ending the Sakoku by Imperial Court which allow foreigner to enter Northern Court aside from the designated port town.