Imperial Japanese government forces

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armed forces of a state military force

Imperial Japanese government forces were the military units loyal to Japan’s Meiji-era central government, which fought to suppress samurai rebellions and consolidate modern state authority in the late 19th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Imperial Japanese government forces canonical	2
Imperial Japanese forces	1
Imperial forces during the Boshin War	1
Imperial forces in Boshin War	1
Meiji government forces	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces of a state ⓘ military force ⓘ
allegiance	Emperor of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Meiji government NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	Meiji era NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Meiji Constitution-era central authority ⓘ
conflict	Akizuki Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Boshin War NERFINISHED ⓘ First Sino-Japanese War NERFINISHED ⓘ Ganghwa Island incident NERFINISHED ⓘ Saga Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Satsuma Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Shinpūren Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan Expedition of 1874 NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
endTime	late 19th century ⓘ
hasPart	Imperial Guard (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ conscription-based infantry units ⓘ gendarmerie units ⓘ modern artillery units ⓘ modern warships ⓘ modernized cavalry units ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Tokyo ⓘ
historicalSignificance	completed the abolition of the samurai class as a military caste ⓘ enabled centralization and modernization of the Japanese state ⓘ
implementedBy	Kido Takayoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Saigō Takamori NERFINISHED ⓘ Yamagata Aritomo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōkubo Toshimichi NERFINISHED ⓘ Ōmura Masujirō NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Meiji government conscription law of 1873 NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Satsuma domain rebels NERFINISHED ⓘ samurai rebel forces ⓘ traditionalist samurai factions ⓘ
organizedBy	Meiji oligarchs NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of War (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of the Navy (Japan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRole	consolidation of central government authority ⓘ defense of the Meiji state ⓘ suppression of internal rebellions ⓘ
significantEvent	defeat of Satsuma Rebellion in 1877 ⓘ
startTime	1868 ⓘ
usedDoctrine	French military system influences ⓘ Prussian military system influences ⓘ Western-style conscript army model ⓘ
usedEquipment	breech-loading artillery ⓘ ironclad warships ⓘ modern rifles ⓘ
usedTactics	Western-style drill and organization ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Kumamoto Castle → belligerent → Imperial Japanese government forces ⓘ

Hagi Rebellion → participant → Imperial Japanese government forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meiji government forces

Battle of Tabaruzaka → belligerent → Imperial Japanese government forces ⓘ

Tosa Domain → supportedSide → Imperial Japanese government forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial forces in Boshin War

Battle of Aizu → belligerent → Imperial Japanese government forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japanese forces

Aizu Domain → opposedBy → Imperial Japanese government forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial forces during the Boshin War