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Siege of Kumamoto Castle

Index Siege of Kumamoto Castle

The from February 19 to April 12, 1877, in Kumamoto, Japan, was a major battle of the Satsuma Rebellion. [1]

26 relations: Ariake Sea, Battle of Shiroyama, Battle of Tabaruzaka, Emperor Meiji, Government of Meiji Japan, Imperial Japanese Army, Japan, Kabayama Sukenori, Kawakami Soroku, Kodama Gentarō, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kuroda Kiyotaka, Kyushu, Nogi Maresuke, Oku Yasukata, Saigō Takamori, Satsuma Domain, Satsuma Rebellion, Shinpūren rebellion, Siege, Tani Tateki, Tokyo, Yamagata Aritomo, Yamakawa Hiroshi.

Ariake Sea

The is a body of salt water surrounded by Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Kumamoto Prefectures, all of which lie on the island of Kyūshū in Japan.

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Battle of Shiroyama

The took place on 24 September 1877, in Kagoshima, Japan.

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Battle of Tabaruzaka

The Battle of Tabaruzaka was a major battle of the Satsuma Rebellion.

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Emperor Meiji

, or, was the 122nd Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from February 3, 1867 until his death on July 29, 1912.

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Government of Meiji Japan

The was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s.

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Imperial Japanese Army

The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun; "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945.

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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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Kabayama Sukenori

Count was a Japanese samurai military leader and statesman.

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Kawakami Soroku

Viscount, was a general and one of the chief military strategists in the Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War.

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Kodama Gentarō

Viscount was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and government minister during Meiji period Japan.

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Kumamoto

is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

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Kumamoto Castle

is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto in Kumamoto Prefecture.

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Kumamoto Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.

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Kuroda Kiyotaka

Count, also known as, was a Japanese politician of the Meiji era.

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Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.

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Nogi Maresuke

Count, also known as Kiten, Count Nogi (25 December 1849 – 13 September 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan.

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Oku Yasukata

Count was a Japanese field marshal and leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army.

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Saigō Takamori

was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history and one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration.

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Satsuma Domain

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

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Satsuma Rebellion

The was a revolt of disaffected samurai against the new imperial government, nine years into the Meiji Era.

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Shinpūren rebellion

The 1876 was one of a number of ex-samurai uprisings which took place in the early Meiji period against the new Meiji government of Japan.

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Siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault.

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Tani Tateki

Viscount was a statesman and lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army in Meiji period Japan.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Yamagata Aritomo

Prince, also known as Yamagata Kyōsuke, was a Japanese field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and twice Prime Minister of Japan.

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Yamakawa Hiroshi

Baron was a samurai of late Edo period Japan who went on to become a noted general in the early Meiji period Imperial Japanese Army.

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References

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

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