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Boshin (戊辰) is the designation for the fifth year of a sexagenary cycle in traditional East Asian calendars. [3] Although the war lasted for over a year, Boshin refers to the year that the war started in. The characters 戊辰 can also be read as tsuchinoe-tatsu in Japanese, literally "Elder Brother of Earth-Dragon". [3]
Jules Brunet (2 January 1838 – 12 August 1911) was a French military officer who served the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War in Japan.Originally sent to Japan as a horse artillery instructor with the French military mission of 1867, he refused to leave the country after the shōgun was defeated, and played a leading role in the separatist Republic of Ezo and its fight against forces ...
Nakano Takeko (中野 竹子, April 1847 – 16 October 1868) was a Japanese female warrior of the Aizu Domain, who fought and died during the Boshin War.During the Battle of Aizu, she fought with a naginata (a Japanese polearm) and was the leader of an ad hoc corps of female combatants who fought in the battle independently.
Tree in the Sun: 陽だまりの樹: Drama. Based on the manga Tree in the Sun. 2013 Japan Yae's Sakura: 八重の桜: History. Niijima Yae: 2015 Japan Burning Flower: 花燃ゆ: Yoshio Watanabe Hajime Suenaga Drama, History. Miwako Kadori: 2018 Japan Rokubei of Kuroshoin: 黒書院の六兵衛: Toshio Lee: Based on a novel Rokubei of Kuroshoin ...
Hijikata Toshizō (土方 歳三, May 31, 1835 – June 20, 1869) was a Japanese swordsman of the Bakumatsu period and Vice-Commander (副長, Fukucho) of the Shinsengumi.As Vice-Commander, he served the Tokugawa Shogunate and co-led his group in its resistance against the imperial rule brought about by the Meiji Restoration.
From training camp to the battlefield, Tom Lea's paintings, which were printed in Life magazine, depict service members' lives during World War II. The paintings, on loan from the U.S. Army Center ...
The Boshin War (1868−1869) — a civil war of the Meiji Restoration in Japan. The war ended Tokugawa shogunate rule and the Edo Period (1600−1868), and established Meiji oligarchy/Meiji government rule and the Empire of Japan period (1869−1945).
During the Boshin War of 1868–69, the Satake clan was a signatory to the pact that formed the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei, [11] the alliance of northern domains led by the Sendai Domain. The Satake clan's delegation at Shiroishi , the alliance's headquarters, was led by the clan elder ( karō ) Tomura Yoshiari.