Kinmon incident

Kinmon incident; 禁門の変・蛤御門の変
	Part of Bakumatsu conflicts
	; An 1893 woodblock print by Yūzan Mori, depicting the Hamaguri rebellion.
Date	20 August 1864
Location	Kyoto35°01′23″N 135°45′35″E / 35.02306°N 135.75972°E
Result	Tokugawa shogunate victory
Belligerents
Chōshū Domain; Sonnō jōi rōnin force;	Tokugawa shogunate; Aizu Domain; Satsuma Domain; Mito Domain; Owari Domain; Kii Domain; Kuwana Domain; Ōgaki Domain; Echizen Domain; Hikone Domain; Yodo Domain; Asao Domain; Shinsengumi; Mimawarigumi; Yūgekitai;
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 20 August [lunar calendar: 19th day, 7th month], 1864, near the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.