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Event war East Asia

Boshin War

1868 CE – 1869 CE

Japanese civil war that destroyed the Tokugawa shogunate and secured the Meiji Restoration, enabling rapid centralization and modernization.

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1868–1869 Japanese civil war

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Conflict · East Asia

Boshin War

1868 CE – 1869 CE

Japanese civil war that destroyed the Tokugawa shogunate and secured the Meiji Restoration, enabling rapid centralization and modernization.

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