Battle of Bonari Pass

Boshin War

Toba–Fushimi Awa Osaka Castle Kōshū-Katsunuma Utsunomiya Castle Ueno Edo Hokuetsu Bonari Pass Aizu Noheji Miyako Bay Hakodate Hakodate Bay

The Battle of Bonari Pass (Japanese:母成峠の戦い) was part of the Boshin War, and occurred on the 6 October 1868 (Gregorian Calendar), or the 21st day of the Eighth Month, Keiō-4 year (Japanese calendar). The Bonari pass was a strategic access at the limit of the fief of Aizu.

The battle opposed a mixed force of 700 troops- including former shogunate soldiers (Denshutai and Shinsengumi) led by Otori Keisuke and Hijikata Toshizo, Aizu forces, and soldiers of various northern domains- to 2,000 troops favourable to the Imperial government. Outnumbered, the shogunal troops had to retreat to the North to Sendai, where the fleet of Enomoto Takeaki was ready to evacuate them to Hokkaidō. This left Aizu exposed, and facilitated the imperial advance.

Three days later, the Imperial troops reached the castle of Wakamatsu and led siege to it, in the key action of the Battle of Aizu.

Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei

Leader (Meishu)	Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa

Governors-General (Sōtoku)	Date Yoshikuni Uesugi Narinori

Staff Officers (Sanbō)	Ogasawara Nagamichi Itakura Katsukiyo

Governmental bodies	Executive: Ōuetsu kōgi-fu (Shiroishi) Military: Gunjikyoku (Fukushima) Parliamentary: Ōuetsu reppankaigi (Shiroishi)

Key castles	Shiroishi Castle Sendai Castle Morioka Castle Fukushima Castle Nagaoka Castle

Member domains	Sendai Yonezawa Nihonmatsu Yunagaya Tanagura Kameda Nakamura Yamagata Fukushima Kaminoyama Ichinoseki Yashima Morioka Miharu Kubota Hirosaki Moriyama Shinjō Hachinohe Iwakitaira Matsumae Honjō Izumi Shimotedo Tendō Nagaoka Shibata Murakami Muramatsu Mineyama Kurokawa

Non-member allies	Aizu Shōnai Domain Jōzai Domain

Battles	Battle of Hokuetsu Battle of Bonari Pass

Important figures	Kawai Tsugunosuke Hosoya Jūdayū Hijikata Toshizō Narayama Sado Hayashi Tadataka

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