Boshin War

Campaign map of the Boshin War (1868–69). The western lands of Satsuma, Chōshū and Tosa (in red) joined forces to defeat the Shogunate forces at Toba-Fushimi, and then progressively took control of the rest of Japan until the final stand-off in the northern island of Hokkaidō.

The , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution, was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking the Meiji Restoration of political power to the Imperial Court.

Boshin War Media

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  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.

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  Samurai in Western clothing

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  Guns of the Boshin War, from top to bottom: a Snider, a Starr, and an unknown musket

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  A British-made Minié rifle used in the Boshin War

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  Mortar with shell, Boshin War (1868–1869), Japan

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  Depiction of artillery being used in the Battle of Toba–Fushimi

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  Scenes of the Battle of Toba–Fushimi. Shogunate forces are on the left, including battalions from Aizu. On the right are forces from Chōshū and Tosa. These are modernized battalions, but some of the forces were also traditional samurai (especially on the shogunate side).

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  The killing of French sailors by Tosa soldiers in the Sakai incident, March 8, 1868, Le Monde Illustré

Other websites

• Media related to Boshin War at Wikimedia Commons
• The Boshin War (in Japanese)
• The Battle of Ezo (in Japanese)