Japanese Armies 1868-1877 The Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion
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19.03.2020
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Giuseppe Rava
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Bloomsbury eBooks UKSeitenzahl
48 (Printausgabe)
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1. Auflage
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Englisch
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9781472837066
The restoration of the Meiji Imperial dynasty in 1868, after 250 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, decisively opened Japan to the outside world and the monarchy embraced modernization, including the creation of a new Westernized army.
However, this modernization process was resisted by the traditional Samurai feudal nobility, leading to a series of battles. The first clash between the two cultures came swiftly during the Boshin War of 1868-69: the insurgents won several engagements before final crushing of the rebel Ezo Republic. As the Imperial Army continued to modernize along French lines, and social changes began to impoverish Samurai noblemen.
In 1876, Saigo Takamori, leader of the powerful Satsuma Domain, effectively ignored the central government, and in January 1877, increasing unrest broke out into open rebellion. The Imperial forces were now much stronger, and the Navy could land troops and bombard Kagoshima. The bitter Satsuma siege and attempted capture of Kumamoto Castle finally failed in April, and the Samurai made a last stand at Shiroyama on 24 September, choosing to go down fighting. This marked the final defeat and displacement of the Samurai class.
This fully illustrated title explores the fall of the Samurai in detail, examining the arms, tactics, key figures of both sides, and charting the increasing Westernization of the Imperial forces.
However, this modernization process was resisted by the traditional Samurai feudal nobility, leading to a series of battles. The first clash between the two cultures came swiftly during the Boshin War of 1868-69: the insurgents won several engagements before final crushing of the rebel Ezo Republic. As the Imperial Army continued to modernize along French lines, and social changes began to impoverish Samurai noblemen.
In 1876, Saigo Takamori, leader of the powerful Satsuma Domain, effectively ignored the central government, and in January 1877, increasing unrest broke out into open rebellion. The Imperial forces were now much stronger, and the Navy could land troops and bombard Kagoshima. The bitter Satsuma siege and attempted capture of Kumamoto Castle finally failed in April, and the Samurai made a last stand at Shiroyama on 24 September, choosing to go down fighting. This marked the final defeat and displacement of the Samurai class.
This fully illustrated title explores the fall of the Samurai in detail, examining the arms, tactics, key figures of both sides, and charting the increasing Westernization of the Imperial forces.
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