# Fall of Edo

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{{Short description|1868 event of the Boshin War}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict   = Fall of Edo
| image      = Surrender of Edo Castle (Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery).jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption     = Negotiations between [Saigō Takamori](/source/Saig%C5%8D_Takamori) and [Katsu Kaishū](/source/Katsu_Kaish%C5%AB) regarding the surrender of the capital, painted by {{interlanguage link|Yūki Somei|ja|結城素明}}, 1935
| partof      = the [Boshin War](/source/Boshin_War)
| date        = July 1868
| place       = [Edo](/source/Edo)
| result      = Surrender of [Edo Castle](/source/Edo_Castle)
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Boshin War}}
}}

The {{nihongo|'''Fall of Edo'''|江戸開城|Edo Kaijō|lead=yes}}, also known as {{nihongo|'''Edojō Akewatashi'''|江戸城明け渡し|Evacuation of Edo Castle}} and {{nihongo|'''Edo Muketsu Kaijō'''|江戸無血開城|Bloodless Opening of Edo Castle}}, took place in May and July 1868, when the Japanese capital of [Edo](/source/Edo) (modern [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo)), controlled by the [Tokugawa shogunate](/source/Tokugawa_shogunate), fell to forces favorable to the restoration of [Emperor Meiji](/source/Emperor_Meiji) during the [Boshin War](/source/Boshin_War).

[Saigō Takamori](/source/Saig%C5%8D_Takamori), leading the victorious imperial forces north and east through Japan, had won the [Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma](/source/Battle_of_K%C5%8Dsh%C5%AB-Katsunuma) in the approaches to the capital. He was eventually able to surround [Edo](/source/Edo) in May 1868.<ref>Kornicki, Peter F. (1998). ''Meiji Japan'', p. 96.</ref>

[Katsu Kaishū](/source/Katsu_Kaish%C5%AB), the ''[shōgun](/source/sh%C5%8Dgun)''{{'}}s Army Minister, negotiated the surrender, which was unconditional.<ref name="books.google.com">Perkins, Dorothy. (1997). {{Google books|t2-OmUA-EscC|''Japan Goes to War'', p. 8.|page=8}}; Marius Jansen. (1995). {{Google books|3bf4g447YdcC|''The making of modern Japan'', p. 342.|page=342}}</ref>

[[Image:UenoSenso.jpg|thumb|left|The [Battle of Ueno](/source/Battle_of_Ueno) was the final encounter leading to the Fall of Edo.]]
Some groups continued to resist after this formal surrender but were defeated in the [Battle of Ueno](/source/Battle_of_Ueno) in northeastern Tokyo, on 4 July 1868. The city was fully under control in July 1868.<ref name="books.google.com"/> During that time, [Tokugawa Yoshinobu](/source/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu) had been under voluntary confinement at [Kan'ei-ji](/source/Kan'ei-ji) temple.

[[Image:MeijiJoukyou.jpg|thumb|The 16-year-old [Meiji Emperor](/source/Meiji_Emperor), moving from [Kyoto](/source/Kyoto) to [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), end of 1868, after the Fall of Edo]]
On 3 September 1868, the city was renamed [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo) ("Eastern capital"), and the Meiji Emperor moved his capital to Tokyo, electing residence in [Edo Castle](/source/Edo_Castle), today's [Imperial Palace](/source/Tokyo_Imperial_Palace).<ref name="books.google.com"/>

A small monument has been erected at the location of the surrender meeting between Saigō Takamori and Katsu Kaishū, at [Minato-ku](/source/Minato%2C_Tokyo), [Shiba](/source/Shiba%2C_Tokyo) 5–33–1.

==Cultural depictions==
The Fall of Edo was depicted in various films and television series:

;Film
*''Edojō Sōzeme'' (1930, dir. Seika Shiba)
*''[Edo Saigo no Hi](/source/Edo_Saigo_no_Hi)'' (1941, dir. [Hiroshi Inagaki](/source/Hiroshi_Inagaki))
*''Dai Tokyo Tanjō Ōedo no Kane'' (1958, dir. Tatsuyasu Ōsone)

;Television drama
*[Taiga drama](/source/Taiga_drama)
**''San Shimai'' (1967), 5th taiga drama
**''Katsu Kaishū'' (1974), 12th taiga drama
**''Tobu ga Gotoku'' (1990), 28th taiga drama
**''Tokugawa Yoshinobu'' (1998); 37th taiga drama
**''[Atsuhime](/source/Atsuhime_(TV_series))'' (2008); 47th taiga drama
**''[Segodon](/source/Segodon)'' (2018); 57th taiga drama
*Other
**''[Ōoku](/source/%C5%8Coku_(2003_TV_series))'' (2003)

==Notes==
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==References==
*[Jansen, Marius B.](/source/Marius_Jansen) (2000). ''The Making of Modern Japan''. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|9780674003347}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44090600  OCLC 44090600]
*[Kornicki, Peter](/source/Peter_Kornicki). (1998). ''Meiji Japan: Political, Economic and Social History, 1868–1912''. London: Routledge. {{ISBN|9780415156189}}; {{ISBN|9780415156196}}; {{ISBN|9780415156202}}; {{ISBN|9780415156219}}; {{ISBN|9780415156226}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/470242993  OCLC 470242993]
*[Perkins, Dorothy](/source/Dorothy_Perkins). (1997). ''Japan Goes to War: a Chronology of Japanese Military Expansion from the Meiji Era to the Attack on Pearl Harbor (1868–1941)''. Upland, Pennsylvania: Diane. [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/638765414 OCLC 638765414]

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