Shinpūren rebellion
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The Shinpūren rebellion (神風連の乱, Shinpūren no ran / Jinpūren no ran) was an uprising against the Meiji government of Japan that occurred in Kumamoto on 24 October 1876.
Shinpūren Rebellion | |||||||
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Part of the Shizoku rebellions of the Meiji period | |||||||
"The Death in Battle of the Kumamoto Rebels" by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Keishintō
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Kumamoto Garrison:
Relief Forces: |
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Strength | |||||||
300 soldiers and policemen | 174-200 Kumamoto samurai | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
60 dead 200+ injured |
124+ dead or seppuku 50 injured |
The Keishintō (敬神党), an extremist Shinto organization of former samurai of the Kumamoto Domain, were extremely opposed to the Westernization of Japan and loss of their class privileges after the Meiji Restoration. The Keishintō under the leadership of Otaguro Tomoo launched a surprise attack against the Imperial Japanese Army and Meiji government in Kumamoto, killing dozens of soldiers and Kumamoto Prefecture officials. The Keishintō were defeated by the army the following morning, with most surviving rebels killing themselves by committing seppuku or arrested and executed by Meiji authorities.
The Shinpūren rebellion was one of a number of "shizoku uprisings" which took place in Kyūshū and western Honshu during the early Meiji period.[1]