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The 33 pages that link to Boshin War, each with the reason it gives.

• Meiji RestorationBroader topic: The war turned the political transfer of 1868 into a military victory for the new government.

• Tokugawa shogunateBroader topic: It settled the armed conflict that followed the shogun’s resignation.

• Imperial Japanese NavyRelated: Its naval clashes exposed the need for a unified national fleet.

• Meiji eraBroader topic: The new regime secured power through this conflict.

• Saigō TakamoriBroader topic: Saigō commanded imperial forces in the conflict that ended shogunal rule.

• Satsuma RebellionRelated: Satsuma leaders had helped win this war before turning against the government they helped create.

• Sonnō jōiBroader topic: The war brought the anti-shogunate struggle to a military conclusion under imperial banners.

• Emperor MeijiRelated: The imperial side’s victory secured the new regime’s authority.

• Abolition of the han systemRelated: The war’s outcome enabled the new government to reshape territorial authority.

• Yamagata AritomoRelated: Yamagata’s participation in the conflict helped establish his military reputation in the new regime.

• Tokugawa YoshinobuRelated: Conflict followed the political struggle over Yoshinobu’s resignation and status.

• BakumatsuBroader topic: The conflict settled the military contest begun in Bakumatsu.

• Ōkubo ToshimichiBroader topic: Ōkubo helped direct the political and military struggle that secured the new imperial government.

• Satsuma-Chōshū AllianceRelated: Satsuma and Chōshū forces became leading components of the imperial side.

• Chōshū DomainRelated: Chōshū forces fought in the conflict that secured the new government’s authority.

• Kido TakayoshiRelated: Kido’s Chōshū forces fought in the conflict that secured the Restoration.

• Katsu KaishūRelated: Its opening campaign brought imperial forces to Edo and made surrender negotiations urgent.

• Sakamoto RyōmaNarrower topic: The war followed the political transition Ryōma had sought to shape.

• Iwakura TomomiRelated: The conflict secured the regime Iwakura helped establish after the 1868 coup.

• Battle of Toba–FushimiNarrower topic: Toba–Fushimi opened the wider conflict over who would govern Japan.

• Empire of JapanRelated: The imperial coalition’s victory secured the political settlement behind the new state.

• Ōkuma ShigenobuRelated: Saga’s support for the victorious imperial forces helped shape Ōkuma’s early political opportunities.

• Emperor KōmeiRelated: The conflict followed Kōmei’s reign and asserted the authority of his successor’s government.

• Fukuzawa YukichiRelated: The conflict marked the regime change through which Fukuzawa’s ideas about national reform took shape.

• HakodateNarrower topic: The Hakodate War was the final campaign of this wider struggle.

• Ōyama IwaoRelated: Ōyama fought on the imperial side, gaining experience during the conflict that founded the Meiji state.

• ShinsengumiNarrower topic: The war turned the Shinsengumi’s policing role into a final military struggle for the shogunate.

• Tokugawa IemochiRelated: The conflict turned the political crisis of Iemochi’s final years into open civil war.

• Hijikata ToshizōNarrower topic: Hijikata's military career culminated in this war and its last battles.

• Itagaki TaisukeBroader topic: Itagaki commanded Tosa forces on the imperial side, establishing his stature before entering national politics.

• Jinshin WarCompared with: It was another decisive struggle over political authority, but in the age of modernizing armies.

• Oguri KozukenosukeRelated: The war brought down the government Oguri served and led to his execution.

• Thomas Blake GloverNarrower topic: Weapons traded through networks including Glover’s entered the conflicts that ended the shogunate.