![]() The shogunate's Kanrin Maru, Japan's first screw-driven steam warship, 1855. Political background Early discontent against the shogunate The war started in the fourth year of the Keiō era, which also became the first year of the Meiji era in October of that year, and ended in the second year of the Meiji era. In Chinese, it translates as " Yang Earth Dragon", which is associated with that particular year in the sexagenary cycle. The characters 戊辰 can also be read as tsuchinoe-tatsu in Japanese, literally "Elder Brother of Earth-Dragon". ![]()
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