Battle of Hokuetsu

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Battle of Hokuetsu
Part of Boshin War
Ukiyo-e print of the Battle of Hokuetsu by Utagawa Kuniteru II
Date March 29, 1868 Location Nagaoka, Echigo Province Result Imperial victory
Belligerents
Imperial faction: Satsuma Domain Chōshū Domain	Shogunate faction: Nagaoka Domain
Commanders and leaders
Meiji Emperor Yamagata Aritomo Kuroda Kiyotaka	Tokugawa Yoshinobu Makino Tadakuni Kawai Tsugunosuke
Strength
30,000 Imperial troops	1,985 Bakufu troops
Casualties and losses
1,000	400

The Battle of Hokuetsu (北越戦争, Hokuetsu sensō) took place during the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, which occurred in 1868 in the northwestern part of Japan, in the area of modern Niigata Prefecture.