Saga Rebellion | |||||||
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Part of the Shizoku rebellions of the Meiji period | |||||||
An ukiyo-e of the Saga Rebellion | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Imperial Japanese Navy | Rebels of former Saga Domain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yamada Akiyoshi | Hisatake Asakura † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
906,679 Imperial soldiers (7 divisions, 10 brigades, & 12 battalions) 16,066 police troopers from Tokyo 6,239 naval marines 423 artillery pieces 15 warships |
11,000 Saga rebels 3,000 members of the Seikantō Party & Ugoku League | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
147 killed 209 wounded |
173 killed 160 wounded Other leaders were executed in Nagasaki Prison |
The Saga Rebellion (佐賀の乱, Saga no ran) was an 1874 uprising in Kyūshū against the new Meiji government of Japan.[1] It was led by Etō Shinpei and Shima Yoshitake in their native domain of Hizen.
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