Saga Rebellion
| Saga Rebellion | |||||||
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| Part of the Shizoku rebellions of the Meiji period | |||||||
An ukiyo-e of the Saga Rebellion | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Imperial Japanese Navy | Rebels of former Saga Domain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Yamada Akiyoshi | Hisatake Asakura † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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c. 5,000 soldiers and policemen c. 5,000 shizoku volunteers |
11,000 Saga rebels 3,000 members of the Seikantō Party & Ugoku League | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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147 killed 209 wounded |
173 killed 160 wounded Other leaders were executed in Nagasaki Prison | ||||||
The Saga Rebellion (佐賀の乱, Saga no ran) was an 1874 uprising in Kyūshū against the new Meiji government of Japan. It was led by Etō Shinpei and Shima Yoshitake in their native domain of Hizen.