Mito Rebellion
Mito rebellion 水戸幕末争乱 | |||||||
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Part of Bakumatsu conflicts | |||||||
Shogunate troops moving to quell the Mito rebellion in 1864. "Takeda Kōunsai at Mt. Tsukuba" by Utagawa Kuniteru III | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,000 | About 10,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
About 1,300 rebels killed, around 353 were executed, and 100 died in captivity | Around 6,700 shogunate members killed |
The Mito rebellion (水戸幕末争乱, Mito bakumatsu sōran), also called the Kantō Insurrection or the Tengutō Rebellion (天狗党の乱, tengutō no ran), was a
Outline
A shogunal pacification force was sent to Mount Tsukuba on 17 June 1864, consisting of 700 Mito soldiers led by Ichikawa, with 3 to 5 cannons and at least 200 firearms, as well as a Tokugawa shogunate force of 3,000 men with over 600 firearms and several cannons.[4]
As the conflict escalated, on 10 October 1864 at Nakaminato, the shogunate force of 6,700 was defeated by 2000 insurgents, and several shogunal defeats followed.[5]
The insurgents were weakening, however, dwindling to about 1,000. By December 1864 they faced a new force under Tokugawa Yoshinobu (himself born in Mito) numbering over 10,000, which ultimately forced them to surrender.[6]
The uprising resulted in 1,300 dead on the rebels' side, which suffered vicious repression, including 353 executions and approximately 100 who died in captivity.[7]
Other
- Tsuruga, the death place of Tengutō members, after 110 years of the incident.
- Ōarai, a neighbor of Mito) and Monju (Tsuruga) are two sodium-cooled fast reactorsin Japan.
See also
Notes
- ^ ISBN 0824809149.
- ^ "Account of the Battle of Wada Peak handwritten by Takashima Domain strategist Shiohara Hikoshichi found". 全国郷土紙連合 Zenkoku Kyōdoshi Rengō. All-Japan Local Newspaper Association. 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ The Cambridge History of Japan, p.641
- ^ Totman, p.112
- ^ Totman, p.118
- ^ Totman, p.119-120
- ^ Totman, p.120
References
- Totman, Conrad. (1980). The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862–1868 University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, ISBN 0-8248-0614-X