Mito rebellion
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The , also called the Kantō Insurrection or the , is a civil war
that occurred in the area of Mito Domain
in Japan between May 1864 and January 1865. It involved an uprising and terrorist actions against the central power of the Shogunate in favour of the Sonnō Jōi
("Respect the Emperor, throw out the Barbarians") policy.
A Shogunal pacification force was sent for Tsukuba on 17 June 1864, consisting in 700 Mito soldiers led by Ichikawa, with 3 to 5 cannons and at least 200 firearms, as well as a Bakufu force of 3,000 men with over 600 firearms and several cannons.
As the conflict escalated, on 10 October 1864 at Nakaminato, the Shogunate force of 6,700 was defeated by 2,000 insurgents, and several Shogunal defeats followed.
The insurgents however were weakening, dwindling to about 1,000, facing a new force under Tokugawa Yoshinobu
(himself born in Mito) by December 1864, which was numbering over 10,000, ultimately forcing them to surrender.
The uprising resulted in 1,300 dead on the rebellion side and suffered vicious repression, including 353 executions, and about 100 who died in captivity.
Civil war
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation state....
that occurred in the area of Mito Domain
Mito Domain
was a prominent feudal domain in Japan during the Edo period. Its capital was the city of Mito, and it covered much of present-day Ibaraki Prefecture. Beginning with the appointment of Tokugawa Yorifusa by his father, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, in 1608, the Mito branch of the Tokugawa clan...
in Japan between May 1864 and January 1865. It involved an uprising and terrorist actions against the central power of the Shogunate in favour of the Sonnō Jōi
Sonno joi
is a Japanese political philosophy and a social movement derived from Neo-Confucianism; it became a political slogan in the 1850s and 1860s in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa bakufu, during the Bakumatsu period.-Origin:...
("Respect the Emperor, throw out the Barbarians") policy.
A Shogunal pacification force was sent for Tsukuba on 17 June 1864, consisting in 700 Mito soldiers led by Ichikawa, with 3 to 5 cannons and at least 200 firearms, as well as a Bakufu force of 3,000 men with over 600 firearms and several cannons.
As the conflict escalated, on 10 October 1864 at Nakaminato, the Shogunate force of 6,700 was defeated by 2,000 insurgents, and several Shogunal defeats followed.
The insurgents however were weakening, dwindling to about 1,000, facing a new force under Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
was the 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful...
(himself born in Mito) by December 1864, which was numbering over 10,000, ultimately forcing them to surrender.
The uprising resulted in 1,300 dead on the rebellion side and suffered vicious repression, including 353 executions, and about 100 who died in captivity.