Naval Battle of Hakodate

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battle of the Boshin War naval battle

The Naval Battle of Hakodate was a decisive 1869 clash during the Boshin War in which the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate’s fleet were defeated by Imperial Japanese forces, marking the end of Japan’s feudal era.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Battle of Hakodate 1
Battle of Hakodate Bay 1
Siege of Hakodate 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle of the Boshin War ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Naval Battle of Hakodate ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Hakodate Bay
belligerent Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Imperial Japanese forces

Republic of Ezo ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate navy ⓘ
surface form: Tokugawa loyalist forces

forces of the Meiji government ⓘ
remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate fleet ⓘ
commander Akimoto Hirotari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arai Ikunosuke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enomoto Takeaki ⓘ
Henri Nicol NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jules Brunet ⓘ
Kuroda Kiyotaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Boshin War ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
endDate 1869-05-10 ⓘ
era early Meiji period ⓘ
late Edo period ⓘ
followedBy surrender of the Republic of Ezo ⓘ
location Hakodate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hakodate Bay ⓘ
Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tsugaru Strait ⓘ
notableFeature first combat use of the ironclad Kōtetsu by Imperial forces ⓘ
one of the last major naval actions involving samurai-era forces ⓘ
partOf Boshin War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Miyako Bay ⓘ
relatedTo Goryōkaku ⓘ
Naval Battle of Hakodate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Siege of Hakodate
result Imperial victory ⓘ
shipInvolved Banryū ⓘ
Chiyoda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hiryū ⓘ
Kaiten ⓘ
Kasuga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kōtetsu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Teibō No.1 ⓘ
Teibō No.2 ⓘ
significance contributed to the end of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
decisive naval engagement of the Boshin War ⓘ
helped consolidate the Meiji Restoration ⓘ
marked the defeat of the last Tokugawa naval forces ⓘ
startDate 1869-05-04 ⓘ
theater Northern Japan ⓘ
used ironclad warship ⓘ
steam warships ⓘ
year 1869 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Naval Battle of Hakodate → alsoKnownAs → Naval Battle of Hakodate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Hakodate Bay
Tokugawa shogunate navy → engagedIn → Naval Battle of Hakodate ⓘ
Boshin War → notableBattle → Naval Battle of Hakodate ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Hakodate
Naval Battle of Hakodate → relatedTo → Naval Battle of Hakodate self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Hakodate