The Mito rebellion (水戸幕末争乱, Mito bakumatsu sōran?), also called the Kantō Insurrection or the Tengu Rebellion (天狗党の乱, tengutō no ran?), is a civil war that occurred in the area of Mito Domain in Japan between May 1864 and January 1865. It involved an uprising and terrorist actions against the central power of the Shogunate in favour of the Sonnō Jōi ("Respect the Emperor, throw out the Barbarians") policy.
The rebellion at the Hamaguri Gate (蛤御門の変 Hamagurigomon no Hen, also 禁門の変 Kinmon no Hen) of the Imperial Palace in Kyōto took place on August 20, 1864 and reflected the discontent of pro-imperial and anti-alien groups. The rebels were grouped under the Sonnō Jōi slogan [...] The First Chōshū expedition (Japanese:第一次長州征討) was a punitive military expedition led by the Tokugawa Shogunate against the Chōshū Domain in retaliation for the attack of Chōshū on the Imperial Palace in the Hamaguri rebellion. The First Chōshū expedition was launched on 1 September 1864 and ended November 1864 without a fight.
"Battle scene from the Hamaguri Gate Incident of 1864, Kyoto, Japan", an ukiyo-e print by Yūzan Mori
