# Canonical recap data for Boshin War & Meiji Restoration (1868)
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slug: boshin-war-meiji
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1868/boshin-war-meiji"
title: Boshin War & Meiji Restoration
subtitle: Japan's civil war culminated in the Meiji Restoration, transforming the nation from feudal shogunate to industrialized world power within decades.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1868-01-27
endDate: 1869-06-27
datePrecision: day
year: 1868
decade: 1860
country:
name: Japan
slug: japan
summaryShort: The Boshin War , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court.
summaryLong: The Boshin War , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court.
lede: In 1868, Japan's samurai-backed Tokugawa shogunate fell to a coalition of rebels who restored power to the emperor. The resulting Boshin War lasted until 1869 and marked the end of 250 years of military rule—and the beginning of Japan's rapid transformation into a modern industrial nation.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/UenoSenso.jpg/1280px-UenoSenso.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Boshin War"
importance: 89
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War"
  title: Boshin War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
- revolution
metaDescription: How Japan's Boshin War (1868–1869) toppled the Tokugawa shogunate and restored imperial rule, reshaping the nation.
wikidataQid: Q309184
taxonomy:
domain: military
eventTypes:
- civil_war
canonicalClasses:
- conflict
- collapse
impactRadius: national
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260528194123/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-28
  label: Boshin War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War"
