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Tengu Party Rebellion

1864 · 19th century · Also known as Mito Rebellion, Tengu Rebellion

The Tengu Party Rebellion was a rising of radical loyalist samurai of the Mito domain in 1864, during the last years of the Tokugawa shogunate. Inspired by the Mito school's call to revere the emperor and expel the barbarians, the Tengu faction raised forces at Mount Tsukuba and fought the rival conservative faction and shogunal troops. After marching west, the rebels surrendered in early 1865 and several hundred were executed, leaving the domain bitterly divided.

Tengu Party Rebellion
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