Battle of Aizu

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The Battle of Aizu was a pivotal 1868 siege during Japan’s Boshin War in which imperial forces crushed the Aizu domain, marking a major step in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate and the consolidation of Meiji rule.

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Battle of Aizu canonical 2
Siege of Aizu 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
siege
alsoKnownAs Battle of Aizu
surface form: Siege of Aizu
attacker Boshin War
surface form: Satsuma-Chōshū coalition

imperial army
belligerent Aizu Domain
surface form: Aizu domain

Chōshū Domain
surface form: Chōshū domain

Imperial Japanese government forces
surface form: Imperial Japanese forces

Kagoshima Domain
surface form: Satsuma domain

Tokugawa shogunate navy
surface form: Tokugawa shogunate forces

Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei
cause Aizu loyalty to Tokugawa shogunate
imperial campaign against northern domains
commander Itagaki Taisuke NERFINISHED
Kido Takayoshi
Matsudaira Katamori
Prince Ninnajinomiya Yoshiaki
Saigō Takamori
Saigō Tanomo
Yamagata Aritomo
Ōyama Iwao NERFINISHED
conflictOf Boshin War
country Japan
defender Aizu samurai
endDate 1868-11-06
era late Edo period
followedBy Naval Battle of Hakodate
surface form: Battle of Hakodate
historicalRegion Mutsu Province NERFINISHED
location Aizu NERFINISHED
Aizu-Wakamatsu NERFINISHED
Aizuwakamatsu Castle
surface form: Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle

Tsuruga Castle
modernPrefecture Fukushima Prefecture NERFINISHED
notableEvent suicide of Byakkotai youth warriors
notableUnit Byakkotai
partOf Meiji Restoration
precededBy Battle of Bonari Pass
relatedTo Meiji oligarchy
surface form: Meiji government

Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei campaign
result collapse of Aizu resistance
defeat of Aizu domain
imperial victory
significance contributed to consolidation of Meiji rule
decisive defeat for northern domains
major step in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate
pivotal engagement of the Boshin War
startDate 1868-10-06
year 1868

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Boshin War notableBattle Battle of Aizu
Battle of Aizu alsoKnownAs Battle of Aizu
this entity surface form: Siege of Aizu
Aizu Domain battle Battle of Aizu