Second Chōshū expedition
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The Second Chōshū expedition (Japanese:第二次長州征討), also called the Summer War,[1] was a punitive 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 expedition ended in military disaster for the Shogunate troops, as Chōshū forces were modernized and organised effectively. By contrast, the Shogunate army was composed of antiquated feudal forces from the Bakufu and numerous neighbouring domains, with only small elements of modernised units.[3] Many domains only put up half-hearted efforts, and several refused Shogunate orders to attack outright, notably Satsuma who had by this point entered into an alliance with Choshu.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the new Shogun, managed to negotiate a ceasefire after the death of the previous Shogun, but the defeat fatally weakened the Shogunate's prestige.[3] Tokugawa military prowess was revealed to be a paper tiger, and it became apparent that the Shogunate could no longer impose its will upon the domains. The disastrous campaign is often seen to have sealed the fate of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
The defeat stimulated the Bakufu in making numerous reforms to modernize its administration and army. Yoshinobu's younger brother 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.[3]
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Shogunate modernized troops in 1866
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Modernized troops of the Second Choshu Expedition 1865.jpg
Modernized Shogunal troops in the Second Chōshū Expedition
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Takadahan warriors Second Choshu Expedition.jpg
Troops of the Takada Domain in the Second Chōshū Expedition
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Notes
- ↑ Totman, Conrad. (1980). The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862-1868, p. 227.
- ↑ Medzini, Meron. French Policy in Japan during the Closing Years of the Tokugawa Regime, p. 86., p. 86, at Google Books
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jansen, Marius B. (2000). The Emergence of Meiji Japan, p. 187., p. 187, at Google Books
References
- Jansen, Marius B. (2000). The Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674003347; OCLC 44090600
- Totman, Conrad. (1980). The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862-1868. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. OCLC 5495030
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