Battle of Hokuetsu
1868 battle of the Boshin War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Battle of Hokuetsu (北越戦争, Hokuetsu sensō) took place during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, which occurred in 1868 in the northwestern part of Japan, in the area of modern Niigata Prefecture.
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Battle of Hokuetsu | |||||||
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Part of Boshin War | |||||||
Ukiyo-e print of the Battle of Hokuetsu by Utagawa Kuniteru II | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Imperial faction: Satsuma Domain Chōshū Domain |
Shogunate faction: Nagaoka Domain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Meiji Emperor Yamagata Aritomo Kuroda Kiyotaka |
Tokugawa Yoshinobu Makino Tadakuni Kawai Tsugunosuke | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30,000 Imperial troops | 1,985 Bakufu troops | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,000 | 400 |
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