Akizuki rebellion

Akizuki rebellion
Part of the Shizoku rebellions of the Meiji period
Date 27 October 1876 – 24 November 1876 Location Akizuki, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan Result Government victory
Belligerents
Meiji Government of Japan Imperial Japanese Army	Kanjōtai Samurai of the Akizuki Domain
Commanders and leaders
Nogi Maresuke	Iso Jun † Toki Kiyoshi † Masuda Shizukata † Miyazaki Kurumanosuke † Imamura Hyakuhachirō †
Strength
14th Infantry Regiment 1st & 3rd Police Battalion Companies	870 Akizuki rebels
Casualties and losses
5+ dead (at least 2 soldiers, 2 civilians, 1 policeman)	24 dead (killed and suicide) 2 executed 150 arrested

The Akizuki rebellion (秋月の乱, Akizuki no ran) was an uprising against the Meiji government of Japan that occurred in Akizuki from 27 October 1876 to 24 November 1876.

Former samurai of the Akizuki Domain, opposed to the Westernization of Japan and loss of their class privileges after the Meiji Restoration, launched an uprising inspired by the failed Shinpūren rebellion three days earlier. The Akizuki rebels attacked local police before being suppressed by the Imperial Japanese Army, and the leaders of the rebellion committed seppuku or were executed.

The Akizuki rebellion was one of a number of "shizoku uprisings" which took place in Kyūshū and western Honshu during the early Meiji period.