Battle of Hokuetsu

Battle of Hokuetsu
Part of Boshin War

Ukiyo-e print of the Battle of Hokuetsu by Utagawa Kuniteru II
DateMarch 29, 1868
Location
Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
Imperial faction:
Satsuma Domain
Chōshū Domain
Shogunate faction:
Nagaoka Domain
Commanders and leaders
Meiji Emperor
Yamagata Aritomo
Kuroda Kiyotaka
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Makino Tadakuni
Kawai Tsugunosuke
Strength
30,000 Imperial troops 1,985 Bakufu troops
Casualties and losses
1,000 400

The Battle of Hokuetsu (北越戦争, Hokuetsu sensō) took place during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, which occurred in 1868 in the northwestern part of Japan, in the area of modern Niigata Prefecture.


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