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Batailles, incidents et événements historiques liés aux sabres japonais
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April 13, 1612 (Keichō 17)
On April 13, 1612, Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojirō fought a one-on-one duel on Ganryūjima Island in Buzen Province. Musashi emerged victorious in the most celebrated single combat in Japanese history.
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February 19, 1837 (Tenpō 8)
On February 19, 1837 (Tenpō 8), Ōshio Heihachirō, a former aide of the Osaka East Magistrate's office, led an uprising in Osaka under the banner of saving the people. As the largest city revolt of the Edo period, it profoundly influenced the late-shogunate loyalists.
September 5–8, 1864 (Genji 1, 8th month, 5th–8th day); prior Chōshū attacks: June–July 1863
Between 1863 and 1864, a war in which the Allied naval fleets of Britain, America, France, and the Netherlands launched a retaliatory attack on Shimonoseki in response to the Chōshū domain's cannon attacks on foreign ships. On September 5, 1864 (the 8th day of the 8th lunar month), 17 Allied warships concentrated their cannon fire on the Chōshū artillery batteries in the Kanmon Strait, overwhelming them, and the Chōshū forces suffered a catastrophic defeat. This war made the Chōshū domain realize the impossibility of jōi and became a turning point toward the overthrow of the shogunate and the Meiji Restoration.
March 27, 1864 (Genji 1, 2nd month, 20th day) — insurrection at Mount Tsukuba; concluded at Tsuruga, January 1865
On March 27, 1864, the radical loyalist faction of Mito domain known as the Tengu-tō raised an insurrection at Mount Tsukuba under Fujita Kojirō and Takeda Kōunsai, clashing with shogunate forces and pro-shogunate domains. After a desperate march toward Kyoto, the group surrendered at Tsuruga in Echizen Province; 353 members including Takeda Kōunsai were executed. The rebellion was the tragic denouement of the Mitō school's expulsionist ideology played out in civil war within the domain that had originated it.
August 15–16, 1863 (Bunkyū 3, 7th month, 2nd–3rd day)
A war fought between the Satsuma domain and the British fleet in Kinko Bay on July 2-3, 1863 (lunar calendar). In response to seven British warships that arrived demanding reparations for the Namamugi Incident, the Satsuma artillery batteries opened fire. The British vessels burned Satsuma's steamships and bombarded the city, but Satsuma fiercely resisted and severely damaged the British warships. Through this conflict, Satsuma came to understand the futility of the expel-the-barbarians movement, improved relations with Britain, and shifted toward overthrowing the shogunate and pursuing modernization.
October 25, 1637 – April 12, 1638 (Kan'ei 14, 10th month, 25th day – Kan'ei 15, 2nd month, 28th day)
In 1637–38, Christian peasants in Hizen Province led by Amakusa Shirō Tokisada rose against oppressive rule. Around 37,000 rebels held Hara Castle against a 120,000-strong shogunate army before being annihilated. Japan's largest Edo-period uprising, it sealed the policy of national seclusion.