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The was a battle of the Boshin War, which occurred on July 4, 1868 (''Meiji 1, 15th day of the 5th month''),〔NengoCalc: 明治一年五月十五日; n.b., the old lunar calendar date is sometimes misidentified as "May 15th."〕 between the troops of the Shōgitai under Shibusawa Seiichirō and Amano Hachirō, and Imperial "Kangun" troops. ==Prelude== Though the Shōgitai was mostly made up of former Tokugawa retainers and residents of the surrounding provinces, some domains supported the Shōgitai, such as Takada ''han'' (Echigo Province, 150,000 ''koku''), Obama ''han'' (Wakasa Province, 103,000 ''koku''), Takasaki ''han'' (Kōzuke Province, 52,000 ''koku''), and Yūki ''han'' (Shimosa Province, 18,000 ''koku'').〔Mori Mayumi. ''Shōgitai Ibun''. Tōkyō: Shinkōsha, 2004, p. 123.〕 Facing them were the combined forces of the Chōshū, Ōmura, Sadowara, Hizen, Chikugo, Owari, Bizen, Tsu, Inaba, and Higo domains, under the general command of Chōshū's Ōmura Masujirō.〔Mori Mayumi. ''Shōgitai Ibun''. Tōkyō: Shinkōsha, 2004, p. 170.〕 Shibusawa and Amano initially had the 2000-strong Shōgitai posted in Ueno to protect Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who was, at the time, in self-imposed confinement at Ueno's Kan'ei-ji Temple, as well as Prince Rinnōji no Miya Yoshihisa, who was the abbot of the temple,〔''Gekidosuru Aizu Boshin Hen''. Vol. 5 of ''Aizuwakamatsu Shi''. Tōkyō: Kokushō-kankōkai, 1981, p. 138〕 and was to become the new dynastic leader of the Tokugawa resistance as "Emperor Tōbu". From their base, the Shogitai had been harassing Imperial troops, creating trouble in Edo, thus forcing the Imperial side, although outnumbered, to take action.〔(''The last samurai'' Mark Ravina p.157 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Ueno」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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