Boshin War
January 27, 1868 – June 27, 1869
Result Imperial victory
Japanese civil war of 1868-1869 between the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and an imperial coalition of western samurai domains, chiefly Choshu, Satsuma and Tosa, acting in the name of Emperor Meiji. The smaller but modernized imperial faction won a series of battles culminating in the surrender of Edo; the last Tokugawa holdouts, the Republic of Ezo in Hokkaido, fell at Hakodate. About 8,200 of 69,000 mobilized men were killed, and the war completed the military phase of the Meiji Restoration.
Battles and events 11
January 28, 1868
January 31, 1868
Battle of Toba–Fushimi
Imperial victory
Toba
Saigō Takamori, Prince Komatsu Akihito, Takenaka Shigekata
March 29, 1868
March 29, 1868
May 3, 1868
Fall of Edo
Edo Castle
May 10–14, 1868
Battle of Utsunomiya Castle
Imperial victory
Utsunomiya Castle
Emperor Meiji, Ōyama Iwao, Tokugawa Yoshinobu
July 4, 1868
October 1868 – November 1868
November 7, 1868
December 4, 1868 – June 27, 1869
May 6, 1869
Key commanders
Imperial Court 8
Emperor Meiji
belligerent leader
Kuroda Kiyotaka
belligerent leader
Yamagata Aritomo
belligerent leader
Saigō Takamori
Satsuma commander, Led imperial forces against the shogunate and negotiated the surrender of Edo
Prince Komatsu Akihito
belligerent leader
Prince Arisugawa Taruhito
belligerent leader
Saionji Kinmochi
military commander
Ōyama Iwao
military commander
