Book contents
- The Meiji Restoration
- The Meiji Restoration
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Conventions
- Introduction
- Part 1 Global Connections
- Part 2 Internal Conflicts
- 5 Mountain Demons from Mito: The Arrival of Civil War in Echizen in 1864
- 6 “Farmer-Soldiers” and Local Leadership in Late Edo Period Japan
- 7 A Military History of the Boshin War
- 8 Imai Nobuo
- Part 3 Domestic Resolutions
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
7 - A Military History of the Boshin War
from Part 2 - Internal Conflicts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2020
- The Meiji Restoration
- The Meiji Restoration
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Conventions
- Introduction
- Part 1 Global Connections
- Part 2 Internal Conflicts
- 5 Mountain Demons from Mito: The Arrival of Civil War in Echizen in 1864
- 6 “Farmer-Soldiers” and Local Leadership in Late Edo Period Japan
- 7 A Military History of the Boshin War
- 8 Imai Nobuo
- Part 3 Domestic Resolutions
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Using the lens of military history, this chapter examines the broad significance of the Boshin War. It details how over the course of that conflict, early modern military structures were swept away as lords (daimyo) adopted Western rifle technology and its accompanying modern military systems. Moreover, the nascent Meiji government used mobilization for the war to eventually force all lords to adopt new military practices and methods. In addition, the chapter presents a social history of the battlefield, exploring for example, logistics and how armies were supplied. It also examines the military equipment employed and the shifting nature of battlefield practices and customs, while revealing the ways in which civilians and their communities tangibly experienced the Boshin War, and thus the larger historical moment of the Meiji Restoration.
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- The Meiji RestorationJapan as a Global Nation, pp. 153 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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