User:Kamek98/Shogun 2/Choshu/Boshin war

Boshin War
Part of History of Japan
Date 26 December 1868 – ? Location Japan
Belligerents
Imperial Court Domains Chōshū Imperial Vanguard Saga Imperial Navy Command Tosa Imperial 2nd Army Satsuma Imperial 3rd Army Sendai Imperial 4th Army Tsu Imperial 5th Army Tsuwano Imperial 6th Army Matsuyama Imperial 7th Army Yonago Imperial 8th Army Sayama Imperial 9th Army Matsue Imerial 10th Army Tanegashima Imperial Rearguard	Tokugawa Shogunate Domains Nagaoka Shogunal Vanguard Odawara Shogunal Navy Command Sado Shogunal 2nd Army Aizu Shogunal 3rd Army Matsumae Shogunal 4th Army Jōzai Shogunal 5th Army Yodo Shogunal 6th Army
Commanders and leaders
Mōri Akira Nabeshima Mochizuru Yamauchi Munehira Shimazu Tadaie Kamei Asa view more Takanashi Takanao Oninawa Mōrishige  † Ogigayatsu Kunimichi Ishin Yoshitoshi Sanō Atsuari Date Tokako  Todo Narishige Kono Chikanaga Ikeda Muneshige Hōjō Moromitsu Yūki Sadayasu Tanegashima Munehide	Makino Tsunego Okobu Ima Okubo Shinsaku Uesugi Saneyori † Matsumae Hikoyoshi view more Inomata Yoshimitsu Dewa Tadaakira Kokushi Takamune † Hayashi Tadakata Inaba Takahira † Ryūzōji Hidenaga  Sanada Norinaga Miyoshi Moriie

Background and realm division: Declaring war on the Tokugawa Shogunate

Between December 20th and December 24th the Imperial Court in Kyoto discussed the situation involving the state of Japan being in a civil war between pro-Emperor domains and pro-Shogun domains. The primary members of the council included:
• Emperor Meiji the Emperor of Japan
• Various personal political associates of Emperor Meiji including advisors and ministers
• Mōri Akira, daimyo of the Chōshū Domain
• Nabeshima Mochizuru, daimyo of the Saga Domain
• Yamauchi Munehira, daimyo of the Tosa Domain
• Shimazu Tadaie, daimyo of the Satsuma Domain
• Todo Narishige, daimyo of the Tsu Domain
• Tanegashima Munehide, daimyo of the Tanegashima Domain
• Yūki Sadayasu, daimyo of the Matsue Domain
• Kamei Asa, daimyo of the Tsuwano Domain
• Ikeda Muneshige, daimyo of the Yonago Domain
• Kono Chikenaga, daimyo of the Matsuyama Domain
• Date Tokako, daimyo of the Sendai Domain
• Hōjō Moromitsu, daimyo of the Sayama Domain

Emperor Meiji asked the daimyos if they were willing to lend an unlimited amount of manpower to wage a formal war against the Tokugawa Shogunate, which all agreed to. Date Tokako specifically requested that his domain be rescued due to the surrounding Shogunate domains that separated the Sendai Domain from the rest of the Imperial domains. Date received guaranteed assistance with naval warfare but the armies on land would have no predictable timetable for reaching Sendai Domain.

After the meetings, the Imperial Court in Kyoto declared war on the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Tokugawa Shogunate immediately responded by allying the Shogunate-loyal domains. Japan was in formal civil war once again.

Both sides of the conflict selected a domain for similar roles. The vanguard for the Imperial Army was the Chōshū Domain and the vanguard for the Shogunal Army was the Nagaoka Domain.