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Boshin War, the Glossary

The, sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court.^[1]

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ABC-Clio

ABC-Clio, LLC (stylized ABC-CLIO) is an American publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings.

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Abel-Nicolas Bergasse du Petit-Thouars

Abel-Nicolas Georges Henri Bergasse du Petit-Thouars (March 23, 1832 – March 14, 1890) was a French Navy officer who took part in the Crimean War, the Boshin War, the Franco-Prussian War and the War of the Pacific.

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Abolition of the han system

The in the Empire of Japan and its replacement by a system of prefectures in 1871 was the culmination of the Meiji Restoration begun in 1868, the starting year of the Meiji period. Boshin War and Abolition of the han system are Meiji Restoration.

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Aizu

is the westernmost of the three regions of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, the other two regions being Nakadōri in the central area of the prefecture and Hamadōri in the east.

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Aizu Domain

was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1601 to 1871.

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Aizuwakamatsu

is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

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Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 184430 July 1900) was sovereign Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 22 August 1893 until his death in 1900.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. Boshin War and American Civil War are civil wars of the 19th century.

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André Cazeneuve

André Cazeneuve (10 December 1817 - 20 August 1874) was a French soldier, a horse trainer in the Guard of Emperor Napoleon III with the rank of corporal. Boshin War and André Cazeneuve are Meiji Restoration.

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Arai Ikunosuke

was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period.

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Armstrong gun

An Armstrong gun was a uniquely designed type of rifled breech-loading field and heavy gun designed by Sir William Armstrong and manufactured in England beginning in 1855 by the Elswick Ordnance Company and the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich.

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Arsenal

An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned.

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Arthur Fortant

Arthur Fortant (14 June 1829 - 10 April 1901) was a sergeant of the French Regiment of the Guard of the field artillery. Boshin War and Arthur Fortant are Meiji Restoration.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Ōkōchi Masatada

was a Japanese daimyō. Boshin War and Ōkōchi Masatada are Meiji Restoration.

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Ōkubo Toshimichi

(26 September 1830 – 14 May 1878) was a Japanese statesman and one of the Three Great Nobles regarded as the main founders of modern Japan.

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Ōmura Masujirō

(May 30, 1824 – December 7, 1869) was a Japanese military leader and theorist in Bakumatsu period Japan. Boshin War and Ōmura Masujirō are Meiji Restoration.

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Ōtaki Domain

was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of the Edo period, located in Kazusa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture), Japan.

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Ōtori Keisuke

Baron was a Japanese military leader and diplomat.

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Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei

The was a Japanese military-political coalition established and disestablished over the course of several months in early to mid-1868 during the Boshin War. Boshin War and Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei are Meiji Restoration.

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Bakumatsu

was the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended.

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Battle of Aizu

The Battle of Aizu (Japanese: 会津戦争, "War of Aizu") was fought in northern Japan from October to November in autumn 1868, and was part of the Boshin War. Boshin War and Battle of Aizu are 1868 in Japan.

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Battle of Awa

The occurred on 28 January 1868 during the Boshin War in Japan, in the area of Awa Bay near Osaka. Boshin War and Battle of Awa are 1868 in Japan.

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Battle of Bonari Pass

The Battle of Bonari Pass (Japanese: 母成峠の戦い) was part of the Boshin War, and occurred on the 6 October 1868 (Gregorian Calendar), or the 21st day of the Eighth Month, Keiō-4 year (Japanese calendar). Boshin War and Battle of Bonari Pass are 1868 in Japan.

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Battle of Hakodate

The 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). Boshin War and Battle of Hakodate are 1868 in Japan and 1869 in Japan.

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Battle of Hokuetsu

The 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. Boshin War and Battle of Hokuetsu are 1868 in Japan.

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Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma

The took place between pro-Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan. Boshin War and Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma are 1868 in Japan.

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Battle of Miyako Bay

The was a naval action on 6 May 1869, in which samurai loyalists of the former Tokugawa shogunate under the flag of the newly formed Republic of Ezo failed to take over the, the flagship of the Imperial forces of the new Meiji government. Boshin War and Battle of Miyako Bay are 1869 in Japan.

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Battle of Shiroyama

The took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan.

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Battle of Toba–Fushimi

The occurred between pro-Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan. Boshin War and Battle of Toba–Fushimi are 1868 in Japan.

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Battle of Ueno

The was a battle of the Boshin War, which occurred on July 4, 1868 (Meiji 1, 15th day of the 5th month), between the troops of the Shōgitai under Shibusawa Seiichirō and Amano Hachirō, and Imperial "Kangun" troops. Boshin War and battle of Ueno are 1868 in Japan.

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Bombardment of Kagoshima

The Bombardment of Kagoshima, also known as the, was a military engagement fought between Britain and the Satsuma Domain in Kagoshima from 15 to 17 August 1863.

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Brigade

A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.

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Byakkotai

The was a group of around 305 young teenage samurai of the Aizu Domain, who fought in the Boshin War (1868–1869) on the side of the Tokugawa shogunate. Boshin War and Byakkotai are Meiji Restoration.

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Cannon

A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.

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Charles Lennox Richardson

Charles Lennox Richardson (16 April 1833 – 14 September 1862) was a British merchant based in Shanghai, Qing Empire who was killed in Japan during the Namamugi Incident.

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Charter Oath

The was promulgated on 6 April 1868 in Kyoto Imperial Palace. Boshin War and Charter Oath are 1868 in Japan and Meiji Restoration.

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Chassepot

The Chassepot (pronounced SHAS-poh), officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a bolt-action military breechloading rifle.

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Chōshū Domain

The, also known as the, was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871. Boshin War and Chōshū Domain are Meiji Restoration.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.

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Civil war

A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).

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Coëtlogon, Côtes-d'Armor

Coëtlogon (Koedlogon; Gallo: Cotlagon) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France.

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief or supreme commander is the person who exercises supreme command and control over an armed force or a military branch.

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Commodore (United States)

Commodore was an early title and later a rank in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard and the Confederate States Navy, and also has been a rank in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps) and its ancestor organizations.

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Confederate States Navy

The Confederate States Navy (CSN) was the naval branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces, established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861.

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Corvette

A corvette is a small warship.

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Coup d'état

A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.

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Creative Assembly

The Creative Assembly Limited (trade name: Creative Assembly) is a British video game developer based in Horsham, founded in 1987 by Tim Ansell.

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Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between the Russian Empire and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom, and Sardinia-Piedmont.

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Dagger

A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting weapon.

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Daimyo

were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 10th century to the early Meiji period in the middle 19th century, ruled most of Japan from their vast hereditary land holdings.

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Dejima

or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima (築島, "built island"), was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and subsequently the Dutch (1641–1854). For 220 years, it was the central conduit for foreign trade and cultural exchange with Japan during the isolationist Edo period (1600–1869), and the only Japanese territory open to Westerners.

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Denshūtai

The was a corps of elite troops of the Tokugawa Bakufu during the Bakumatsu period in Japan.

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Dreyse needle gun

The Dreyse needle-gun was a 19th-century military breech-loading rifle, as well as the first breech-loading rifle to use a bolt action to open and close the chamber.

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Dutch colonial empire

The Dutch colonial empire (Nederlandse koloniale rijk) comprised the overseas territories and trading posts controlled and administered by Dutch chartered companies—mainly the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Company—and subsequently by the Dutch Republic (1581–1795), and by the modern Kingdom of the Netherlands after 1815.

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Edo

Edo (江戸||"bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

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Edo Castle

is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province.

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Edward and Henry Schnell

Edward Schnell (3 June 1830 - 22 August 1911) and Henry Schnell (4 August 1834 - 15 October 1917) were brothers of Dutch extraction and German arms dealers active in Japan. Boshin War and Edward and Henry Schnell are Meiji Restoration.

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Edward Zwick

Edward M. Zwick (born October 8, 1952) is an American filmmaker.

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Emperor Kōmei

Osahito (22 July 1831 – 30 January 1867), posthumously honored as Emperor Kōmei, was the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.

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Emperor Meiji

Mutsuhito (3 November 185230 July 1912), posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji, was the 122nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Boshin War and emperor Meiji are Meiji Restoration.

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Enomoto Takeaki

Viscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War.

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Ernest Mason Satow

Sir Ernest Mason Satow, (30 June 1843 – 26 August 1929), was a British diplomat, scholar and Japanologist. Boshin War and Ernest Mason Satow are Meiji Restoration.

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Eugène Collache

Eugène Collache (29 January 1847 in Perpignan – 25 October 1883 in Paris) was a French Navy officer who fought in Japan for the shōgun during the Boshin War.

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First Chōshū expedition

The First Chōshū expedition (第一次長州征討) was a punitive military expedition by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Chōshū Domain in September–November 1864. Boshin War and First Chōshū expedition are wars involving Japan.

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François Bouffier

François Bouffier (c. 1844–1881) was a French non-commissioned officer of the 19th century, a sergeant of the 8th Battalion of infantrymen. Boshin War and François Bouffier are Meiji Restoration.

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France–Japan relations

The history of relations between France and Japan goes back to the early 17th century, when a Japanese samurai and ambassador on his way to Rome landed for a few days in Saint-Tropez and created a sensation.

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France–Japan relations (19th century)

The development of France–Japan relations in the 19th century coincided with Japan's opening to the Western world, following two centuries of seclusion under the "Sakoku" system and France's expansionist policy in Asia.

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French corvette Dupleix

Dupleix was a wooden-hulled screw corvette of the built for the French Navy.

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French military mission to Japan (1867–1868)

The French military mission of 1867 to 1868 was one of the first foreign military training missions to Japan, and the first sent by France. Boshin War and French military mission to Japan (1867–1868) are 1868 in Japan.

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French military mission to Japan (1872–1880)

The 1872–1880 French military mission to Japan was the second French military mission to that country and the first sent by the Third Republic.

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French military mission to Japan (1884–1889)

The 1884 French Military Mission to Japan was the third French military mission to that country and consisted of five men.

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Fukoku kyōhei

was Japan's national slogan during the Meiji period, replacing the slogan sonnō jōi ("Revere the Emperor, Expel the Barbarians").

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Fushimi-ku, Kyoto

is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

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Gatling gun

The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling.

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Genrō

was an unofficial designation given to certain retired elder Japanese statesmen who served as informal extraconstitutional advisors to the emperor, during the Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa eras in Japanese history.

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Goryōkaku

is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido.

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Hachette Livre

Hachette Livre (or simply known as Hachette) is a French publishing group that was based in Paris.

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Hakodate

(formerly written as Hakodadi) is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.

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Harry Parkes (diplomat)

Sir Harry Smith Parkes (24 February 1828 – 22 March 1885) was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to the Empire of Japan from 1865 to 1883 and the Chinese Qing Empire from 1883 to 1885, and Minister to Korea in 1884.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Hijikata Toshizō

was a Japanese warrior.

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Hokkaido

is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region.

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Honshu

, historically called, is the largest and most populous island of Japan.

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House arrest

In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to their residence.

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Imperial Court in Kyoto

The Imperial Court in Kyoto was the nominal ruling government of Japan from 794 AD until the Meiji period (1868–1912), after which the court was moved from Kyoto (formerly Heian-kyō) to Tokyo (formerly Edo) and integrated into the Meiji government.

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Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Indemnity

In contract law, an indemnity is a contractual obligation of one party (the indemnitor) to compensate the loss incurred by another party (the indemnitee) due to the relevant acts of the indemnitor or any other party.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.

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Inoue Kaoru

Marquess Inoue Kaoru (井上馨, January 16, 1836 – September 1, 1915) was a Japanese politician and a prominent member of the Meiji oligarchy during the Meiji period of the Empire of Japan. Boshin War and Inoue Kaoru are Meiji Restoration.

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Investment (military)

Investment is the military process of surrounding an enemy fort (or town) with armed forces to prevent entry or escape.

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Ironclad warship

An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s.

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Itagaki Taisuke

Count was a Japanese politician. Boshin War and Itagaki Taisuke are Meiji Restoration.

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Itō Hirobumi

was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Japan.

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Iwakura Tomomi

was a Japanese statesman during the Bakumatsu and Meiji period.

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Iyo-Matsuyama Domain

was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, in what is now central Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Japan–United Kingdom relations

are the bilateral and diplomatic relations between Japan and the United Kingdom.

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Japanese era name

The or, is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme.

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Japanese frigate Kaiyō Maru

was one of Japan's first modern warships, a frigate powered by both sails and steam.

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Japanese gunboat Chiyodagata

was a gunboat of the Tokugawa Navy, and Japan's first domestically-built steam warship (Japan's first steamship was the built by the fief of Satsuma in 1855).

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Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu

, later renamed, was the first ironclad warship of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Japanese language

is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people.

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Japanese warship Banryū

was a ship of the Tokugawa Navy, and following the collapse of the shogunate, was operated by Tokugawa loyalists under the Republic of Ezo during the Boshin War in Japan.

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Japanese warship Chōgei Maru

was a passenger gunship active during Japan's Boshin War.

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Japanese warship Fujiyama

was a Japanese steam frigate acquired by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period immediately prior to the Meiji Restoration.

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Japanese warship Hōō Maru

was a western-style sail frigate, constructed by the Tokugawa shogunate of Bakumatsu period Japan in response to the Perry Expedition and increasing incursions of foreign warships into Japanese territorial waters.

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Japanese warship Mikaho

was a small steam transportation warship belonging to the Navy of the Bakufu around 1860.

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Japanese warship Shinsoku

was an early Japanese warship and steam transport that saw its main use in the Boshin War on the Shogunate side under the command of Enomoto Takeaki, vice-commander of the Shogunate Navy.

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Jōzai Domain

was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Kazusa Province (modern-day Chiba Prefecture), Japan.

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Jean Marlin

Jean Marlin (1833–1872) was a non-commissioned officer, a sergeant of the French 8th Battalion of infantry.

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Jidaigeki

is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan.

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Jirō Asada

is the pen name of, a Japanese writer.

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Jules Brunet

Jules Brunet (2 January 1838 – 12 August 1911) was a French military officer who served the Tokugawa shogunate during the Boshin War in Japan. Boshin War and Jules Brunet are Meiji Restoration.

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Kanrin Maru

Kanrin Maru was Japan's first sail and screw-driven steam corvette (the first steam-driven Japanese warship, Kankō Maru, was a side-wheeler).

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Katsu Kaishū

Count (born; March 12, 1823—January 21, 1899, best known by his nickname) was a Japanese statesman, naval engineer and military commander during the late Tokugawa shogunate and early Meiji period. Boshin War and Katsu Kaishū are Meiji Restoration.

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Kawade Shobō Shinsha

, formerly, is a publisher founded in 1886 in Japan and headquartered in Sendagaya, Shibuya, Tokyo.

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Kazoku

The was the hereditary peerage of the Empire of Japan, which existed between 1869 and 1947. Boshin War and Kazoku are Meiji Restoration.

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Keiō

was a after Genji and before Meiji.

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Ken Watanabe

is a Japanese actor.

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Kinmon incident

The, also known as the, was a rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan that took place on the 20th of August, 1864, near the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

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Kirino Toshiaki

was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, and an Imperial Japanese Army general of the early Meiji era. Boshin War and Kirino Toshiaki are Meiji Restoration.

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Kobe

Kobe (Kōbe), officially, is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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Koku

The is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume.

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Kondō Isami

was a Japanese swordsman and samurai of the late Edo period.

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Korea

Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.

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Kuroda Kiyotaka

Count, also known as, was a Japanese statesman and diplomat of the Meiji era who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1888 to 1889. Boshin War and Kuroda Kiyotaka are Meiji Restoration.

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Kuwana Domain

Reconstructed portion of Kuwana Castle was a Japanese feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Ise Province.

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Kyoto

Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.

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Léon Roches

Léon Roches (September 27, 1809, Grenoble – 1901) was a representative of the French government in Japan from 1864 to 1868.

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Léonce Verny

François Léonce Verny, (2 December 1837 – 2 May 1908) was a French officer and naval engineerSims, Richard.

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Le Monde illustré

(title translation: The Illustrated World) was a leading illustrated news magazine in France which was published from 1857–1940 and again from 1945 to 1956.

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Louis-Émile Bertin

Louis-Émile Bertin (23 March 1840 – 22 October 1924) was a French naval engineer, one of the foremost of his time, and a proponent of the "Jeune École" philosophy of using light, but powerfully armed warships instead of large battleships.

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Marius B. Jansen

Marius Berthus Jansen (April 11, 1922 – December 10, 2000) was an American academic, historian, and Emeritus Professor of Japanese History at Princeton University.

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Matsudaira Katamori

Matsudaira Katamori after the Meiji restoration was a samurai who lived in Bakumatsu period and the early to mid Meiji period Japan. Boshin War and Matsudaira Katamori are Meiji Restoration.

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Matsudaira Sadaaki

was a Japanese daimyō of the Bakumatsu period, who was the last ruler of the Kuwana Domain. Boshin War and Matsudaira Sadaaki are Meiji Restoration.

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Matsudaira Tarō

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Matthew C. Perry

Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was an United States Navy officer who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War. Boshin War and Matthew C. Perry are Meiji Restoration.

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Meiji Constitution

The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國憲法; Shinjitai: 大日本帝国憲法), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (明治憲法, Meiji Kenpō), was the constitution of the Empire of Japan which was proclaimed on February 11, 1889, and remained in force between November 29, 1890, and May 2, 1947.

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Meiji era

The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912.

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Meiji oligarchy

The Meiji oligarchy was the new ruling class of Meiji period Japan. Boshin War and Meiji oligarchy are Meiji Restoration.

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Meiji Restoration

The Meiji Restoration (Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.

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Minié rifle

The Minié rifle was an important infantry rifle of the mid-19th century.

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Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

The is one of the eleven ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the government of Japan.

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Miyako, Iwate

is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

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Mobilization

Mobilization (alternatively spelled as mobilisation) is the act of assembling and readying military troops and supplies for war.

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Morioka Domain

Ruins of Morioka Castle was a tozama feudal domain of Edo period Japan.

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Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour.

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Nagaoka Domain

was a fudai feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan.

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Napoleon III

Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as the second Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870.

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Naval Battle of Hakodate

The was fought from 4 to 10 May 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate navy, consolidated into the armed forces of the rebel Ezo Republic, and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy. Boshin War and Naval Battle of Hakodate are 1869 in Japan.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nobuhiro Watsuki

, better known by his pen name, is a Japanese manga artist.

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North German Confederation

The North German Confederation (Norddeutscher Bund) was initially a German military alliance established in August 1866 under the leadership of the Kingdom of Prussia, which was transformed in the subsequent year into a confederated state (a de facto federal state) that existed from July 1867 to December 1870.

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Odawara

is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Order to expel barbarians

The was an edict issued by the Japanese Emperor Kōmei in 1863 against the Westernization of Japan following the opening of the country by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854.

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Osaka

is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).

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Osaka Castle

is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan.

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Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.

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Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction.

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc.

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Perry Expedition

The Perry Expedition (黒船来航,, "Arrival of the Black Ships") was a diplomatic and military expedition in two separate voyages (1852–1853 until 1854–1855) to the Tokugawa shogunate 徳川 by warships of the United States Naval corps.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Prefectures of Japan

Japan is divided into 47 prefectures (todōfuken), which rank immediately below the national government and form the country's first level of jurisdiction and administrative division.

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Prince Arisugawa Taruhito

was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who became the 9th head of the line of shinnōke cadet branches of the Imperial Family of Japan on September 9, 1871. Boshin War and Prince Arisugawa Taruhito are Meiji Restoration.

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Prince Komatsu Akihito

was a Japanese career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, who was a member of the Fushimi-no-miya, one of the shinnōke branches of the Imperial Family of Japan, which were eligible to succeed to the Chrysanthemum Throne.

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Punitive expedition

A punitive expedition is a military journey undertaken to punish a political entity or any group of people outside the borders of the punishing state or union.

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Qing dynasty

The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led imperial dynasty of China and the last imperial dynasty in Chinese history.

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Rangaku

Rangaku (Kyūjitai: 蘭學/Shinjitai: 蘭学, literally "Dutch learning"), and by extension, is a body of knowledge developed by Japan through its contacts with the Dutch enclave of Dejima, which allowed Japan to keep abreast of Western technology and medicine in the period when the country was closed to foreigners from 1641 to 1853 because of the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation (sakoku).

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Rōnin

In feudal Japan (1185–1868), a rōnin (浪人,, 'drifter' or 'wandering man') was a samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had also severed all links with his family or clan.

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Republic of Ezo

The was a short-lived separatist state established in 1869 on the island of Ezo, now Hokkaido, by a part of the former military of the Tokugawa shogunate at the end of the Bakumatsu period in Japan. Boshin War and Republic of Ezo are 1868 in Japan, 1869 in Japan and Meiji Restoration.

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Richard Storry

Richard Storry (20 October 1913 – 19 February 1982) was a British Japanologist.

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Rifle

A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Rurouni Kenshin

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Rutherford Alcock

Sir John Rutherford Alcock, KCB (25 May 1809London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–18122 November 1897) was the first British diplomatic representative to live in Japan.

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Ryozen Museum of History

The is a history museum located in Kyoto, Japan.

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Ryukyu Islands

The, also known as the or the, are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the westernmost.

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Saga Domain

was a Japanese domain of the Edo period Tokugawa Shogunate.

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Saga Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.

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Saga Rebellion

The was an 1874 uprising in Kyūshū against the new Meiji government of Japan.

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Saigō Takamori

was a Japanese samurai and nobleman. Boshin War and Saigō Takamori are Meiji Restoration.

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Sakai incident

Monument to the Tosa samurai at Myōkoku-ji in Sakai The was a diplomatic incident that occurred on March 8, 1868, in Bakumatsu period Japan involving the deaths of eleven French sailors from the French corvette ''Dupleix'' in the port of Sakai near Osaka, Japan. Boshin War and Sakai incident are 1868 in Japan.

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Sakai Tadazumi

was the 11th daimyō of Shōnai Domain during Bakumatsu period Japan.

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Sakoku

is the most common name for the isolationist foreign policy of the Japanese Tokugawa shogunate under which, during the Edo period (from 1603 to 1868), relations and trade between Japan and other countries were severely limited, and almost all foreign nationals were banned from entering Japan, while common Japanese people were kept from leaving the country.

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Samurai

were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.

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Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara (Santa Bárbara, meaning) is a coastal city in Santa Barbara County, California, of which it is also the county seat.

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Satsuma Domain

The, briefly known as the, was a domain (han) of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1602 to 1871. Boshin War and Satsuma Domain are Meiji Restoration.

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Satsuma Rebellion

The Satsuma Rebellion, also known as the, was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government of Japan, nine years into the Meiji era.

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Sōsai

The Japanese word Sosai (Japanese:総裁, "Sōsai") means roughly "president" or "director-general".

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Scientific Revolution

The Scientific Revolution was a series of events that marked the emergence of modern science during the early modern period, when developments in mathematics, physics, astronomy, biology (including human anatomy) and chemistry transformed the views of society about nature.

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Second Chōshū expedition

The Second Chōshū expedition (Japanese: 第二次長州征討), also called the Summer War, was a punitive expedition led by the Tokugawa shogunate against the Chōshū Domain. Boshin War and Second Chōshū expedition are wars involving Japan.

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Second French Empire

The Second French Empire, officially the French Empire, was an Imperial Bonapartist regime, ruled by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon III) from 14 January 1852 to 27 October 1870, between the Second and the Third French Republics.

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Second Italian War of Independence

The Second Italian War of Independence, also called the Sardinian War, the Austro-Sardinian War, the Franco-Austrian War, or the Italian War of 1859 (Italian: Seconda guerra d'indipendenza italiana; German: Sardinischer Krieg; French: Campagne d'Italie), was fought by the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia against the Austrian Empire in 1859 and played a crucial part in the process of Italian Unification.

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Sendai

is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region.

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Sendai City Museum

The is the main museum of Sendai, Japan, and is located in the former Third Bailey of Sendai Castle.

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Sendai Domain

The, also known as the, was a domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1871.

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Shaguma

The was a type of headgear worn by the officers of the Imperial Japanese Army troops in the Boshin War (1868–69).

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Shōgitai

The Shōgitai (彰義隊, "Manifest Righteousness Regiment") was an elite samurai shock infantry formation of the Tokugawa shogunate military formed in 1868 by the hatamoto and Hitotsubashi Gosankyō retainer in Zōshigaya, Edo (now Tokyo).

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Shōnai Domain

was a feudal domain in Edo period Japan, located in Dewa Province (modern-day Yamagata Prefecture), Japan.

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Shell (projectile)

A shell, in a military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary, or other chemical filling.

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Shimonoseki

Shimonoseki city hall is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.

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Shimonoseki campaign

The was a series of military engagements in 1863 and 1864, fought to control the Shimonoseki Straits of Japan by joint naval forces from the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States, against the Japanese feudal domain of Chōshū, which took place off and on the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan.

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Shinoda Gisaburō

was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period who served the Matsudaira clan of Aizu.

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Shinsengumi

The was a small, elite group of swordsmen that was organized by commoners and low rank samurai, commissioned by the (military government) during Japan's Bakumatsu period (late Tokugawa shogunate) in 1863. Boshin War and Shinsengumi are Meiji Restoration.

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Shizuoka Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.

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Shogun

Shogun (shōgun), officially, was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.

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Smith & Wesson Model No. 2 Army

The Smith & Wesson Model No.

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Smoothbore

A smoothbore weapon is one that has a barrel without rifling.

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SMS Danzig (1851)

SMS Danzig was a paddle corvette of the Prussian Navy.

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Snider–Enfield

The British.577 Snider–Enfield was a breech-loading rifle.

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Sonnō jōi

was a yojijukugo (four-character compound) phrase used as the rallying cry and slogan of a political movement in Japan in the 1850s and 1860s, during the Bakumatsu period. Boshin War and Sonnō jōi are Meiji Restoration.

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Spencer repeating rifle

The Spencer repeating rifles and carbines were 19th-century American lever-action firearms that were invented by Christopher Spencer.

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Takashima Shūhan

was a Japanese samurai, ballistics expert, and military engineer in Bakumatsu period Japan.

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Tanaka Tosa

was a Japanese samurai of the Edo period who was a retainer of the Matsudaira clan of Aizu.

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Tanegashima (gun)

, most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English, was a type of matchlock-configured arquebus firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543.

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Tantō

A is a traditionally made Japanese knife that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan.

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Tatsumi Naofumi

Baron was a samurai from the Kuwana Domain in the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate and later a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji period.

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Tōgō Heihachirō

, served as a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and became one of Japan's greatest naval heroes.

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Tenpō calendar

The, officially known as the Tenpō sexagenary unitary calendar (天保壬寅元暦 Tenpō jin'in genreki), was a Japanese lunisolar calendar.

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The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai is a 2003 American epic period action drama film directed and produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz from a story devised by Logan.

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Thomas Blake Glover

Thomas Blake Glover (6 June 1838 – 16 December 1911) was an Anglo-Scottish merchant in Bakumatsu and Meiji-period Japan.

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Tokugawa Iemochi

(July 17, 1846 – August 29, 1866) was the 14th shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, who held office from 1858 to 1866.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate (Tokugawa bakufu), also known as the, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.

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Tokugawa Yoshinobu

Prince was the 15th and last shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. Boshin War and Tokugawa Yoshinobu are Meiji Restoration.

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Tokyo

Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.

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Tomura Yoshinori

, also known as was a Japanese general and businessman hailing from the Kubota Domain and founder of the during the Bakumatsu period of Japan.

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Tosa Domain

The was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, controlling all of Tosa Province in what is now Kōchi Prefecture on the island of Shikoku.

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Tosa Province

was a province of Japan in the area of southern Shikoku.

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Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai

Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai is a standalone expansion to the strategy video game Total War: Shogun 2, released on 23 March 2012.

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Tozama daimyō

was a class of powerful magnates or daimyō (大名) considered to be outsiders by the ruler of Japan during the Edo period (江戸時代).

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Tsu Domain

was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo period Japan, located in Ise Province and in Iga Province in what is part of now modern-day Tsu, Mie.

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Tsushima Island

is an island of the Japanese archipelago situated in-between the Tsushima Strait and Korea Strait, approximately halfway between Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula.

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Tuttle Publishing

Tuttle Publishing, originally the Charles E. Tuttle Company, is a book publishing company that includes Tuttle, Periplus Editions, and Journey Editions.

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TV Tokyo

JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.

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Unequal treaties

The unequal treaties were a series of agreements made between Asian countries (including China and Korea) and foreign powers (including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the United States, Russia, and Japan) during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Westernization

Westernization (or Westernisation, see spelling differences), also Europeanisation or occidentalization (from the Occident), is a process whereby societies come under or adopt what is considered to be Western culture, in areas such as industry, technology, science, education, politics, economics, lifestyle, law, norms, mores, customs, traditions, values, mentality, perceptions, diet, clothing, language, writing system, religion, and philosophy.

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When the Last Sword Is Drawn

is a 2002 historical drama film directed by Yōjirō Takita loosely based on real historical events.

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William Willis (physician)

William Willis (1 May 183714 February 1894) was an Irish medical doctor who joined the British mission in Japan in 1861.

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Wooden cannon

Wooden cannons have been manufactured and used in wars in many countries.

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Yamagata Aritomo

Gensui Prince also known as Prince Yamagata Kyōsuke, was a Japanese statesman and military commander who was twice-elected Prime Minister of Japan, and a leading member of the genrō, an élite group of senior statesmen who dominated Japanese politics after the Meiji Restoration.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War

Also known as Boshin, Boshin Senso, Boshin Sensō, Japanese Civil War (1868-1869), War of the Year of the Dragon, .

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