What the records say
- When
- 10 May 1868 – 14 May 1868
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.55° N, 139.89° E
- Description
- 1868 battle
Battle of Utsunomiya Castle
1868 battle of the Boshin War in Japan
The Battle of Utsunomiya Castle took place between pro-imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan in May 1868 at Utsunomiya Castle. It occurred as the troops of the Tokugawa shogunate were retreating north towards Nikkō and Aizu.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Boshin War – Battle of Utsunomiya Castle, Japan: Forces of the Emperor Meiji resist the retreating troops of the Tokugawa shogunate”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “戊辰戦争：宇都宮城の戦い。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page