Motoichiro fought in the Boshin War against imperial forces aiming to restore Japan’s emperor to power. With the Meiji Restoration in 1868, however, both Ohgimi and Kimura, who remained in touch, felt ...

Take charge during the turbulent end of Japan's samurai era ... Game Footage and Images from Fire and Maneuver: Expansion - Boshin War Join the Boshin War as Imperialists or Shogunate loyalists ...

An officer of the Imperial Japanese Army, Matsue (1872-1956 ... the pro-Meiji Restoration Satsuma and Choshu Clans in the Boshin War (1868-1869). In consequence, the Matsue family suffered ...

Even the samurai's understanding of art and poetry can be traced to stories of the Gempei War. As infighting increased through the following century, so did the need to defend Japan from foreign ...