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Name: Republic of Ezo

Type: Polity

Start: 1869 AD

End: 1869 AD

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Was a short-lived separatist state established in 1869 on the island of Ezo, now Hokkaido, by a part of the former military of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Establishment

  • January 1869: Following defeat on Honshū, Enomoto Takeaki fled to Hokkaidō with the remnants of the navy and his handful of French advisers. Together they organized a government, with the objective of establishing an independent island nation dedicated to the development of Hokkaidō. They formally established the Republic of Ezo on the American model, Japan's only ever republic.

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    1. Boshin War

    Was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a clique seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court.

  • June 1869: Battle of Hakodate.

    • Disestablishment

  • June 1869: Battle of Hakodate.

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