Battle of Noheji | |||||||
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Part of Boshin War | |||||||
Battle of Noheji Memorial, Noheji, Aomori | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Imperial faction: Hirosaki Domain Kuroishi Domain |
Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei Morioka Domain Hachinohe Domain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Yohei Tochiuchi Masaji Ataka |
Kimura Nosuke Sakon Kojima Eikichi Taniguchi | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
180 combatants | 400 combatants | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
29 | 45 |
The Battle of Noheji (野辺地戦争, Noheji sensō) was a minor battle of the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration in Japan on November 7, 1868. It is considered a part of the larger Aizu campaign. The site of the battlefield was designated an Aomori Prefectural Historic Site in 1976.[1]