Published on September 20, 2007
Published on September 20, 2007

The 700-year history of the shogunate came to the end.


You can find the remnants of changes of the times in Ueno Park. The grave of the Shogitai, which fought against the government army when the return of political power to the Emperor, lies quietly next to the bronze statue of Takamori Saigo who was a strategy staff of the government army (the statue was created by Koun Takamura in 1898, and Saigo's pet dog "Tsun" was created by Sadayuki Goto).

The site of Kanei-ji Temple Konponchu-do(Ueno Park) 

Grave of the Shogitai, Ueno Park
Monument of the Shogitai, Ueno Park

 Clansmen and warriors, who gathered to ask for the commutation of the death sentence of Yoshinobu staying in the Kan-eiji Temple, called themselves the "Shogitai," placed their base in the Ueno area and fought against the government army. In this Battle of Ueno, the Shogitai was ruined. Then, there was the return of political power to the Emperor and the restoration of the imperial rule. The 700-year history of the shogunate since the Kamakura Shogunate came to the end.


You can find the remnants of changes of the times in Ueno Park. The grave of the Shogitai, which fought against the government army when the return of political power to the Emperor, lies quietly next to the bronze statue of Takamori Saigo who was a strategy staff of the government army (the statue was created by Koun Takamura in 1898, and Saigo's pet dog "Tsun" was created by Sadayuki Goto).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

The site of Kanei-ji Temple Konponchu-do(Ueno Park)