Fall of Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle rampart in 1865
Tokugawa Yoshinobu leaving for Edo, looking at the fire at Osaka castle in the background.

The fall of Osaka Castle occurred between Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan, where soon after the Battle of Toba–Fushimi, the Tokugawa-held Osaka Castle was captured by pro-Imperial "Kangun" forces on February 2, 1868.


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