Modernized Shogunal troops in the Second Chōshū Expedition.
The Second Chōshū expedition (Japanese:第二次長州征討), also called the Summer War,[1] was a punitive military expedition led by the Tokugawa Shogunate against the Chōshū Domain. It followed the First Chōshū expedition of 1864.
The Second Chōshū expedition was announced on 6 March 1865.[2] The operation started on 7 June 1866 with the bombardment of Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi by the Navy of the Bakufu.
The Chōshū Kiheitai fought against the Bakufu in the Second Chōshū expedition.
The Second Chōshū expedition was a military disaster for the Shogunate troops, as Chōshū forces were modernized, whether Shogunate troops were a combination of modern forces from the Bakufu and antiquated forces coming from various domains.[3]
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the new Shogun, managed to negotiate a ceasefire motivated by the death of the previous Shogun, but the prestige of the Shogunate had been strongly affected by the defeat.[4]
The defeat stimulated the Bakufu in making numerous reforms to modernize its administration and army. Yoshinobu' younger bother Ashitake was sent to the 1867 Paris Exposition, Western dress replaced Japanese dress at the Shogunal court, and collaboration with the French was reinforced leading to the 1867 French military mission to Japan.[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ Totman, p.227
- ^ French policy in Japan during the closing years of the Tokugawa regime by Meron Medzini p.86 [1]
- ^ The Emergence of Meiji Japan by Marius B. Jansen p.187 [2]
- ^ The Emergence of Meiji Japan by Marius B. Jansen p.187 [3]
- ^ The Emergence of Meiji Japan by Marius B. Jansen p.188 [4]
References
- Totman, Conrad The collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862-1868 University of Hawai Press 1980 ISBN 082480614X
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