Mito Rebellion

Mito rebellion 水戸幕末争乱
Part of Bakumatsu conflicts
Shogunate troops moving to quell the Mito rebellion in 1864. "Takeda Kōunsai at Mt. Tsukuba" by Utagawa Kuniteru III
Date May 2, 1864 – January 14, 1865 (8 months, 1 week and 5 days) Location Eastern Japan Result Shogunate victory
Belligerents
Tengutō  Shishido Domain Local samurai and kokugakusha volunteers	Tokugawa shogunate  Mito Domain  Sagara Domain  Suwa Domain  Matsumoto Domain Iida Domain  Takasaki Domain  Kasama Domain
Commanders and leaders
Takeda Kōunsai  Yamakuni Hyōbu  Matsudaira Yorinori  Kameyama Yoshiharu	Tokugawa Yoshinobu Takenaka Shigekata Ichikawa Sanzaemon Tanuma Okitaka Yajima Denzaemon[1] Shiohara Hikoshichi[1][2]
Strength
2,000	About 10,000
Casualties and losses
About 1,300 rebels killed, around 353 were executed, and 100 died in captivity	Around 6,700 shogunate members killed

The Mito rebellion (水戸幕末争乱, Mito bakumatsu sōran), also called the Kantō Insurrection or the Tengutō Rebellion (天狗党の乱, tengutō no ran), was a civil war that occurred in the area of Mito Domain in Japan from May 2, 1864 to January 14, 1865. It involved an uprising and terrorist actions against the central power of the Shogunate in favour of the sonnō jōi ("Revere the emperor, expel the barbarians") policy.^[3]