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Kinmon incident
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| Kinmon incident 禁門の変・蛤御門の変 | |||||||
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| Part of Bakumatsu conflicts | |||||||
 An 1893 woodblock print by Yūzan Mori, depicting the Hamaguri rebellion. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Fukuhara Echigo | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 men (1,400 Chōshū army + 1,600 rōnin force) | 50,000 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 400 killed or wounded |
60 killed or wounded, 28,000 houses burnt down | ||||||
  Location within Japan | |||||||
The Kinmon incident (禁門の変, Kinmon no Hen, "Forbidden Gate Incident" or "Imperial Palace Gate Incident"), also known as the Hamaguri Gate Rebellion (蛤御門の変, Hamaguri Gomon no Hen, "Hamaguri Imperial Gate Incident"), was a rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan that took place on the 20th of August [lunar calendar: 19th day, 7th month], 1864, near the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.
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