This time, " Boshin " of the old Shogunate army vs. the new government army, which is also the last battle at the end of the Edo period. War " Shogitai " was launched in the middle of "" I will introduce about.
The name of Shogitai is Sanosuke Harada , who is also the leader of the Shinsengumi 10th Division. However, you may have heard that it was a corps that joined after leaving the Shinsengumi.
Let's see how the "Shogitai" was established and what it was to the former Shogunate army.
Is "Edo City Central Control" nominal?
Edo Shogunate 15th Shogun Yoshinobu Tokugawa Returns the administration to the imperial court " Taisei Hokan It seemed that the war had been avoided, but two months later, the Satsuma Domain and others said, " Restoration ". Great Command Is issued.
It's easy to abolish the shogunate and establish a new system, such as resigning from the shogunate or abolishing the shogunate.
After all, the former Shogunate army is not silent about this, isn't it? " Toba-Fushimi The "Battle of the Dragon" began with the "Boshin War".
Shogitai is launched!
Yoshinobu Tokugawa and the former Shogunate army defeated in the battle of Toba-Fushimi in Kyoto rout to Edo To do.
Yoshinobu Tokugawa has already shown his order to the new government, leaving Edo Castle and Kaneiji Temple in Ueno. To 蟄 埄 Did. He was shut up.
Dissatisfied with this, the bakushin held many meetings, and the number of participants gradually increased, and finally "The cause was Akira ". Crab " " Shogitai Was launched.
* The "Shogi" in the first photo is not related to "Shogitai". I got on "Shogi".
President " Seiichiro Shibusawa , a bakushin who served Yoshinobu Tokugawa before he became a shogun. ".
His cousin, two years younger, said, " Father of Japanese Capitalism "
Eiichi was in Paris, France, when Shogitai was inaugurated.
Shogitai Deputy President Is " Hachiro Amano ".
"If you're a man, never lie down, just move forward!" A straight and warlike person.
He is said to have liked the "lancer" of shogi pieces.
* Isn't the "shogi" in the photo wrong? (Laughs)
Did the old shogunate want to avoid the war?
" Bloodless Fall of Edo For the former shogunate, who was trying to surrender Edo Castle without fighting, fearing that the existence of Shogitai would mislead the new government, Shogitai was called " Edo City." Medium crackdown I appointed.
It's not a military organization, but just to protect the security of Edo.
Bakushin who succeeded in "Bloodless Fall of Edo" Katsu Kaishu Is concerned about armed conflict and urges the dissolution of Shogitai However, the number of soldiers had already risen to 3000-4000.
Katsu Kaishu is Ryoma Sakamoto It is also famous for his teacher.
Mr. Katsu's desire to avoid the war was empty, and the Boshin War continued to Utsunomiya, Aizu, and Hakodate.
Shinsengumi Deputy Chief who fought until the last Battle of Hakodate, Hijikata Toshizo Died in Hakodate.
Did the Ueno War end in one day?
When Yoshinobu Tokugawa left Edo and moved to Mito, Shogitai president Seiichiro Shibusawa also insisted on withdrawal from Edo, but confrontation with deputy president Hachiro Amano, who was a war hawk. I will do it.
An Amano sect even tried to assassinate Mr. Shibusawa, who was the president. Amano-san, you're a pretty hawkish hawk.
Although Mr. Shibusawa is the president, he will withdraw from Shogitai.
Mr. Amano will lead the Shogitai corps.
Shogitai's runaway? The Ueno War broke out!
In various parts of the Kanto region, former shogunate soldiers set fire and robbed in the name of the reconstruction of the shogunate, and in Edo, Shogitai corps murdered new government soldiers in a mass assault.
Katsu Kaishu and other former shogunate leaders will notify Shogitai of the dissolution, but "a traitor who opened Edo without fighting" And don't listen to what you say.
Edo is in a mid-lawless zone. Shogitai himself has disturbed the security of Edo.
The new Meiji government considers the cause of the turmoil in the Kanto region to be the existence of Shogitai and decides to subdue it.
The leaders are the 10 people who contributed to the Meiji Restoration " Ten Great Nobles of the Restoration "
10 hours of battle! !!
Fighting the Shogitai corps standing in Kaneiji Temple in Ueno and the new government army led by Mr. Omura " Ueno War The war started at 7:00 am.
Looking at Mr. Omura's strategy arrangement, Saigo Takamori
"Do you want to kill them all?" It is said that he said.
It's a line that I can imagine what kind of strategy I made.
Then, using the Armstrong gun, the battle ended around 5 pm, and the Shogitai corps was almost wiped out in only one day's battle.
Mr. Shibusawa, the former president of Shogitai, newly added " Shinbu Army I tried to form a corps called "Shogitai" and head for the support of Shogitai, but it was too late.
What did you think of supporting Shogitai, who even tried to assassinate you?
After that, I took some of the defeated soldiers, so it may have been to increase the number of my army. I'm sad.
Shogitai may have been glaring that he could not beat the new government army.
What about Shogitai after the defeat?
Some of the remnants of the defeated Shogitai have joined a new army and are participating in the upcoming Tohoku and Hakodate wars.
Hachiro Amano died a few months after being imprisoned ..
The treatment of Shogitai by the new government is said to be the strictest among the former Shogunate forces.
It was seven years after the war that he was allowed to build a grave after being left alone for a while without being granted the memorial service of Shogitai who died in the Ueno War. That's how it was.
Shinsengumi, Harada Sanosuke participates in the war!
Former Shinsengumi Tenth Team Leader Harada Sanosuke Has participated in Shogitai and is fighting in the Battle of Ueno.
However, two days after the wounds of the battle, he died at the young age of 29 . ..
After leaving the Shinsengumi, Sanosuke will form a "Yasushi Corps" with Shinpachi Nagakura, the former leader of the Shinsengumi Second Division, but he will also leave to meet his wife and children.
However, he did not appear to his wife and children in Kyoto and joined the Shogitai corps in Edo, but if he survived, the punishment would be severe and the family would be inconvenienced. / strong> There is also.
In fact, there is no name for Mr. Sanosuke in the list of Shogitai, probably because he was late to join the army.
There is a theory that he survived as it was, crossed the sea and became a bandit in Manchuria.
Summary
If you like Shinsengumi, you've probably heard of "Shogitai" this time.
It has nothing to do with the Shinsengumi, but it's a name that always comes up when you follow Harada Sanosuke's profile.
Although it was launched under the pretext of shogun guard, it gradually became a smoker due to disagreements with those who wanted to avoid the war of the former Shogunate.
However, it is popular with the warlike people who want to give a bubble to the new government, and the soldiers are steadily swelling.
However, they misunderstood that they became stronger due to the rapid increase in the number of soldiers, and suffered the tragedy of losing the war in one day in the Ueno War.
Hachiro Amano Takes 40 people and "Immediate battle!" And looked behind, nobody There is also a story.
Isn't it about quality, not number?