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Battle of Awa

Index Battle of Awa

The occurred on 28 January 1868 during the Boshin War in Japan, in the area of Awa Bay near Osaka. [1]

18 relations: Admiral of the fleet, Akashi, Hyōgo, Awa Province (Tokushima), Battle of Shimonoseki Straits, Battle of Toba–Fushimi, Boshin War, Enomoto Takeaki, Imperial Japanese Navy, Japan, Japanese frigate Kaiyō Maru, Japanese warship Banryū, Japanese warship Kasuga, Kagoshima, Kyoto, Osaka, Satsuma Domain, Tōgō Heihachirō, Tokugawa shogunate.

Admiral of the fleet

An admiral of the fleet or fleet admiral (sometimes also known as admiral of the navy or grand admiral) is a military naval officer of the highest rank.

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Akashi, Hyōgo

is a city located in southern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, on the Seto Inland Sea west of Kobe.

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Awa Province (Tokushima)

was an old province of Japan in the area that is today a part of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku.

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Battle of Shimonoseki Straits

The Battle of Shimonoseki Straits (Japanese:下関海戦, Shimonoseki Kaisen) was a naval engagement fought on July 16, 1863, by the United States Navy warship USS ''Wyoming'' against the powerful daimyō (feudal lord) Mōri Takachika of the Chōshū clan based in Shimonoseki.

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Battle of Toba–Fushimi

The occurred between pro-Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan.

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Boshin War

The, sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution, was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court.

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Enomoto Takeaki

Viscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu-period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War.

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Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, "Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's defeat and surrender in World War II.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese frigate Kaiyō Maru

was one of Japan's first modern warships, a frigate powered by both sails and steam.

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Japanese warship Banryū

was a ship of the Tokugawa Navy, and following the collapse of the shogunate, was operated by Tokugawa loyalists under the Republic of Ezo during the Boshin War in Japan.

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Japanese warship Kasuga

was a Japanese wooden paddle steamer warship of the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period, serving with the navy of Satsuma Domain, and later with the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Kagoshima

is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the south western tip of the island of Kyushu in Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin.

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Kyoto

, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Osaka

() is a designated city in the Kansai region of Japan.

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Satsuma Domain

, also known as Kagoshima Domain, was a Japanese domain of the Edo period.

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Tōgō Heihachirō

Marshal-Admiral The Marquis Tōgō Heihachirō, OM, GCVO (東郷 平八郎; 27 January 184830 May 1934), was a gensui or admiral of the fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of Japan's greatest naval heroes.

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Tokugawa shogunate

The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the, was the last feudal Japanese military government, which existed between 1600 and 1868.

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Redirects here:

Awa oki kaisen, Naval Battle of Awa, Naval battle of awa, 阿波沖海戦.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Awa

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