Ikedaya incident

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Ikedaya incident
Ikedaya in April 2010
Date July 8, 1864 Location Ikedaya Inn, Kyoto, Japan 35°0′32.2″N 135°46′11.6″E / 35.008944°N 135.769889°E / 35.008944; 135.769889 Result Shinsengumi victory
Belligerents
Shinsengumi	Chōshū Domain Tosa Domain Higo Domain
Commanders and leaders
Kondō Isami Hijikata Toshizō	Katsura Kogoro Miyabe Teizo † Yoshida Toshimaru †
Strength
34 (10 people; The Kondō group in Ikedaya, 24 people; The Hijikata group in the other.)	40
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 4 injured (of the 4, 2 later died of their injuries)	8 killed, 23 arrested
Battle ended in 2 hours
class=notpageimage| Location within Japan

The Ikedaya incident (池田屋事件, Ikedaya jiken), also known as the Ikedaya affair or Ikedaya riot, was an armed encounter between the shishi which included masterless samurai (rōnin) formally employed by the Chōshū, Tosa and Higo domains (han), and the Shinsengumi, the Bakufu's special police force in Kyoto on July 8, 1864, at the Ikedaya Inn in Sanjō-Kawaramachi, Kyoto, Japan.