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#aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Ueno_4_July_1868.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Battle_of_Ueno_4_July_1868.jpg/300px-Battle_of_Ueno_4_July_1868.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Battle_of_Ueno_4_July_1868.jpg/450px-Battle_of_Ueno_4_July_1868.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Battle_of_Ueno_4_July_1868.jpg/600px-Battle_of_Ueno_4_July_1868.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2920" data-file-height="1213" /></a></span><br />Battle of Ueno.<br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UenoSenso.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/UenoSenso.jpg/300px-UenoSenso.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/UenoSenso.jpg/450px-UenoSenso.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/UenoSenso.jpg/600px-UenoSenso.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1033" /></a></span><br />The attack on Kan'ei-ji Temple, labeled here as "The attack of Honnō-ji" (本能寺) in the Battle of Ueno. The Shogitai (彰義隊) troops are on the left, in samurai garb, and Imperial troops with modern uniforms are on the right (the "Red bear" (赤熊, <i><a href="/wiki/Shaguma" title="Shaguma">Shaguma</a></i>) wigs indicate soldiers from <a href="/wiki/Tosa_Province" title="Tosa Province">Tosa</a> Jinshotai(迅衝隊)).</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>July 4, 1868</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Ueno,_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Ueno, Tokyo">Ueno</a>, Tokyo</div><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Battle_of_Ueno&params=35_42_56_N_139_46_26_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°42′56″N</span> <span class="longitude">139°46′26″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.71556°N 139.77389°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.71556; 139.77389</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Imperial victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Flag_of_Satsuma_domain.svg/12px-Flag_of_Satsuma_domain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Flag_of_Satsuma_domain.svg/18px-Flag_of_Satsuma_domain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Flag_of_Satsuma_domain.svg/24px-Flag_of_Satsuma_domain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Satsuma_Domain" title="Satsuma Domain">Satsuma</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Choshu_domain.svg/12px-Flag_of_Choshu_domain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Choshu_domain.svg/18px-Flag_of_Choshu_domain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Choshu_domain.svg/24px-Flag_of_Choshu_domain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB_Domain" title="Chōshū Domain">Chōshū</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Tosa_domain.svg/12px-Flag_of_Tosa_domain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Tosa_domain.svg/18px-Flag_of_Tosa_domain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Flag_of_Tosa_domain.svg/24px-Flag_of_Tosa_domain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tosa_Domain" title="Tosa Domain">Tosa</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Japanese_Crest_Nabesima_Gyouyou.svg/15px-Japanese_Crest_Nabesima_Gyouyou.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Japanese_Crest_Nabesima_Gyouyou.svg/23px-Japanese_Crest_Nabesima_Gyouyou.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Japanese_Crest_Nabesima_Gyouyou.svg/30px-Japanese_Crest_Nabesima_Gyouyou.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="688" data-file-height="688" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Saga_Domain" title="Saga Domain">Saga</a><br /><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%BF%85%E8%A1%9D%E9%9A%8A" class="extiw" title="ja:迅衝隊">Jinshotai</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Former <a href="/wiki/Bakufu" class="mw-redirect" title="Bakufu">Bakufu</a> troops, <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgitai" title="Shōgitai">Shōgitai</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> Ruler: <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Meiji" title="Emperor Meiji">Emperor Meiji</a><br />Choshu: <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmura_Masujir%C5%8D" title="Ōmura Masujirō">Ōmura Masujirō</a><br />Satsuma: <a href="/wiki/Saig%C5%8D_Takamori" title="Saigō Takamori">Saigō Takamori</a>, Tosa: <a href="/wiki/Itagaki_Taisuke" title="Itagaki Taisuke">Itagaki Taisuke</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B8%8B%E6%B2%A2%E6%88%90%E4%B8%80%E9%83%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:渋沢成一郎">Shibusawa Seiichirō</a><br /><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E9%87%8E%E5%85%AB%E9%83%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:天野八郎">Amano Hachirō</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Toba%E2%80%93Fushimi" title="Battle of Toba–Fushimi">Toba–Fushimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Awa" title="Battle of Awa">Awa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Osaka_Castle" title="Fall of Osaka Castle">Osaka Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_K%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB-Katsunuma" title="Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma">Kōshū-Katsunuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Utsunomiya_Castle" title="Battle of Utsunomiya Castle">Utsunomiya Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Edo" title="Fall of Edo">Edo</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ueno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hokuetsu" title="Battle of Hokuetsu">Hokuetsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hatch%C5%8Doki" title="Battle of Hatchōoki">Hatchōoki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bonari_Pass" title="Battle of Bonari Pass">Bonari Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Aizu" title="Battle of Aizu">Aizu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Noheji" title="Battle of Noheji">Noheji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Miyako_Bay" title="Battle of Miyako Bay">Miyako Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hakodate" title="Battle of Hakodate">Hakodate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Hakodate" title="Naval Battle of Hakodate">Hakodate Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p>The <b>Battle of Ueno</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">上野戦争</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ueno Sensō</i></span>)</span> was a battle of the <a href="/wiki/Boshin_War" title="Boshin War">Boshin War</a>, which occurred on July 4, 1868 (<i>Meiji 1, 15th day of the 5th month</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> between the troops of the <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgitai" title="Shōgitai">Shōgitai</a> under <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shibusawa_Seiichir%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shibusawa Seiichirō (page does not exist)">Shibusawa Seiichirō</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Amano_Hachir%C5%8D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Amano Hachirō (page does not exist)">Amano Hachirō</a>, and Imperial "Kangun" troops. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prelude">Prelude</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ueno&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Prelude"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though the Shōgitai was mostly made up of former Tokugawa retainers and residents of the surrounding provinces, some domains supported the Shōgitai, such as Takada <i>han</i> (Echigo Province, 150,000 <i>koku</i>), Obama <i>han</i> (Wakasa Province, 103,000 <i>koku</i>), Takasaki <i>han</i> (Kōzuke Province, 52,000 <i>koku</i>), and Yūki <i>han</i> (Shimosa Province, 18,000 <i>koku</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Facing them were the combined forces of the <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB_Domain" title="Chōshū Domain">Chōshū</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmura_Domain" title="Ōmura Domain">Ōmura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sadowara_Domain" title="Sadowara Domain">Sadowara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hizen_Domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Hizen Domain">Hizen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chikugo_Domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Chikugo Domain">Chikugo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owari_Domain" title="Owari Domain">Owari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bizen_Domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Bizen Domain">Bizen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tsu_Domain" title="Tsu Domain">Tsu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inaba_Domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Inaba Domain">Inaba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Higo_Domain" class="mw-redirect" title="Higo Domain">Higo</a> domains, under the general command of Chōshū's <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cmura_Masujir%C5%8D" title="Ōmura Masujirō">Ōmura Masujirō</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shibusawa and Amano initially had the 2000-strong Shōgitai posted in Ueno to protect <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu" title="Tokugawa Yoshinobu">Tokugawa Yoshinobu</a>, who was, at the time, in self-imposed confinement at Ueno's <a href="/wiki/Kan%27ei-ji" title="Kan'ei-ji">Kan'ei-ji Temple</a>, as well as Prince <a href="/wiki/Prince_Kitashirakawa_Yoshihisa" title="Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa">Rinnōji no Miya Yoshihisa</a>, who was the abbot of the temple,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was to become the new dynastic leader of the Tokugawa resistance as "Emperor Tōbu". </p><p>From their base, the Shogitai had been harassing Imperial troops, creating trouble in Edo, thus forcing the Imperial side, although outnumbered, to take action.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ueno&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sagahan_Armstrong_gun_used_at_the_Battle_of_Ueno_against_the_Shogitai_1868.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sagahan_Armstrong_gun_used_at_the_Battle_of_Ueno_against_the_Shogitai_1868.jpg/220px-Sagahan_Armstrong_gun_used_at_the_Battle_of_Ueno_against_the_Shogitai_1868.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sagahan_Armstrong_gun_used_at_the_Battle_of_Ueno_against_the_Shogitai_1868.jpg/330px-Sagahan_Armstrong_gun_used_at_the_Battle_of_Ueno_against_the_Shogitai_1868.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Sagahan_Armstrong_gun_used_at_the_Battle_of_Ueno_against_the_Shogitai_1868.jpg/440px-Sagahan_Armstrong_gun_used_at_the_Battle_of_Ueno_against_the_Shogitai_1868.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1072" data-file-height="609" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Armstrong Gun">Armstrong Gun</a> used by troops of the <a href="/wiki/Saga_Domain" title="Saga Domain">Saga Domain</a> at the Battle of Ueno against the Shogunate's <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgitai" title="Shōgitai">Shōgitai</a> </figcaption></figure> <p>The Shōgitai took up positions around <a href="/wiki/Kan%27ei-ji" title="Kan'ei-ji">Kan'ei-ji</a> (寛永寺; an important Tokugawa family temple) and the nearby Nezu Shrine (根津神社).<sup id="cite_ref-Yamakawa_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yamakawa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the battle began, the forces of Satsuma, led by <a href="/wiki/Saig%C5%8D_Takamori" title="Saigō Takamori">Saigō Takamori</a>, attacked head-on at the gate, but were stopped by the <i>Shogitai</i> forces, which were superior in number. The Satsuma forces suffered heavy casualties, until the forces of Choshu managed to make a second attack from the rear, which unblocked the tactical stalemate.<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the Shogitai put up stiff resistance, the Tosa troops also used <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth" title="Armstrong Whitworth">Armstrong</a> cannons and <a href="/wiki/Snider-Enfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Snider-Enfield">Snider</a> guns to devastating effect, thus ending the last center of resistance in Edo. According to Saigō Takamori: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"With our ample preparations we made short work of [the enemy], and this is an exceptional and extreme delight."</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Saigō Takamori<sup id="cite_ref-books.google.com_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-books.google.com-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ueno_Battlefield.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ueno_Battlefield.JPG/220px-Ueno_Battlefield.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ueno_Battlefield.JPG/330px-Ueno_Battlefield.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Ueno_Battlefield.JPG/440px-Ueno_Battlefield.JPG 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="406" /></a><figcaption>Devastation of Ueno after the battle, 1868 photograph</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Rinnōji no Miya</i> escaped, reached <a href="/wiki/Enomoto_Takeaki" title="Enomoto Takeaki">Enomoto Takeaki</a>'s warship <i>Chogei-maru</i> and was dropped off further north, on the Pacific coast.<sup id="cite_ref-Yamakawa_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yamakawa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Harada_Sanosuke" title="Harada Sanosuke">Harada Sanosuke</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Shinsengumi" title="Shinsengumi">Shinsengumi</a> is said to have joined the <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dgitai" title="Shōgitai">Shōgitai</a>, and died soon after this battle.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 300 Shogitai are said to have died in the battle, and a thousand houses were burnt in collateral damages. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ueno_Shogitai_tomb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Ueno_Shogitai_tomb.jpg/220px-Ueno_Shogitai_tomb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Ueno_Shogitai_tomb.jpg/330px-Ueno_Shogitai_tomb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Ueno_Shogitai_tomb.jpg/440px-Ueno_Shogitai_tomb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>Funeral monument to the Shōgitai in <a href="/wiki/Ueno_Park" title="Ueno Park">Ueno Park</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Ueno_at_Ueno_temple.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Battle_of_Ueno_at_Ueno_temple.JPG/220px-Battle_of_Ueno_at_Ueno_temple.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Battle_of_Ueno_at_Ueno_temple.JPG/330px-Battle_of_Ueno_at_Ueno_temple.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Battle_of_Ueno_at_Ueno_temple.JPG/440px-Battle_of_Ueno_at_Ueno_temple.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1581" data-file-height="1120" /></a><figcaption>Depiction of the battle of Ueno at Kan'ei-ji Temple</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ueno&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">NengoCalc: 明治一年五月十五日; n.b., the old lunar calendar date is sometimes misidentified as "May 15th."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mori Mayumi. <i>Shōgitai Ibun</i>. Tōkyō: Shinkōsha, 2004, p. 123.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mori Mayumi. <i>Shōgitai Ibun</i>. Tōkyō: Shinkōsha, 2004, p. 170.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Gekidosuru Aizu Boshin Hen</i>. Vol. 5 of <i>Aizuwakamatsu Shi</i>. Tōkyō: Kokushō-kankōkai, 1981, p. 138</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-books.google.com-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-books.google.com_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=a72F6i-CGaAC&pg=PA157"><i>The last samurai</i> Mark Ravina p.157</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Yamakawa-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Yamakawa_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Yamakawa_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Yamakawa Kenjirō. <i>Aizu Boshin Senshi</i> Tōkyō: Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai, 1931, p. 196.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kikuchi Akira. <i>Shinsengumi Hyakuichi no Nazo</i>. Tokyo: Shin Jinbutsu Oraisha, 2000, pp. 228–229.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ueno&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kikuchi Akira. <i>Shinsengumi Hyakuichi no Nazo</i>. Tōkyō: Shin Jinbutsu Ōraisha, 2000.</li> <li>Mori Mayumi. <i>Shōgitai Ibun</i>. Tōkyō: Shinkōsha, 2004.</li> <li>Steele, M. William. <i>Against the Restoration. Katsu Kaishu's Attempt to Reinstate the Tokugawa Family</i>. <i>Monumenta Nipponica</i>, Vol. 36, No. 3. (Autumn, 1981), pp. 299–316.</li> <li>Steele, M. William. <i>Edo in 1868: The View from Below</i>. <i>Monumenta Nipponica</i>, Vol. 45, No. 2. (Summer, 1990), pp. 127–155.</li> <li>Takano Kiyoshi. <i>Tokugawa Yoshinobu: Gendai Nihon no Enshutsusha</i>. Tōkyō: Nihon Hōsō Shuppan Kyōkai, 1997.</li> <li>Yamakawa Kenjiro. <i>Aizu Boshin Senshi</i>. Tokyo: Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai, 1931.</li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ueno&oldid=1249198586">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ueno&oldid=1249198586</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1868_in_Japan" title="Category:1868 in Japan">1868 in Japan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Boshin_War" title="Category:Boshin War">Boshin War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battles_involving_Japan" title="Category:Battles involving Japan">Battles involving Japan</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Conflicts_in_1868" title="Category:Conflicts in 1868">Conflicts in 1868</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ueno,_Tokyo" title="Category:Ueno, Tokyo">Ueno, Tokyo</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Battles_of_the_Boshin_War" title="Category:Battles of the Boshin War">Battles of the Boshin War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:July_1868_events" title="Category:July 1868 events">July 1868 events</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_gadget_WikiMiniAtlas" title="Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas">Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Coordinates_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Coordinates on Wikidata">Coordinates on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_containing_Japanese-language_text" title="Category:Articles containing Japanese-language text">Articles containing Japanese-language text</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 3 October 2024, at 18:35<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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