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Goryōkaku (五稜郭, lit. ' five-point fort ') is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido. [1] The fortress was completed in 1866. It was the main headquarters of the short-lived Republic of Ezo.
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. *Goryōkaku Site 五稜郭跡 Goryōkaku ato: Hakodate: Goryōkaku Site: 2: 7: Usakumai Sites ウサクマイ遺跡群
Goryōkaku Station (五稜郭駅, Goryōkaku-eki) is a railway station on the Hakodate Main Line and South Hokkaido Railway Line in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido) and South Hokkaido Railway Company. The station is named after Goryōkaku fort, located about two kilometers from the station.
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The Battle of Hakodate (箱館戦争, Hakodate Sensō) was fought in Japan from December 4, 1868 to June 27, 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate army, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the armies of the newly formed Imperial government (composed mainly of forces of the Chōshū and the Satsuma domains).
Takeda Ayasaburō (武田 斐三郎, November 4, 1827 - January 28, 1880), was a Japanese Rangaku scholar, and the architect of the fortress of Goryōkaku in Hokkaidō. Takeda was born in the Ōzu Domain (modern-day Ōzu, Ehime) in 1827. He studied medicine, Western sciences (rangaku), navigation, military architecture.
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