Hagi Rebellion

Hagi Rebellion
Part of the Shizoku rebellions of the Meiji period

Maebara Issei, leader of the rebellion
Date28 October 1876 – 5 November 1876
Location
Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Result Government victory
Belligerents

Empire of Japan Meiji Government of Japan

Juntoku

Commanders and leaders

Miura Gorō

Takayoshi Sekiguchi

Maebara Issei †

Kensuke Okudaira †
Strength

109,379 Imperial soldiers

(38 infantry regiments, 12 battalions, 1 artillery platoon)		 200 Hagi samurai
Casualties and losses

178 killed

284 wounded

102 killed

49 executed

The Hagi Rebellion (萩の乱, Hagi no ran) was an uprising against the Meiji government of Japan that occurred in Hagi from 28 October 1876 to 5 November 1876.

Maebara Issei, a disillusioned hero of the Meiji Restoration and former samurai of the Chōshū Domain, planned an attack on Yamaguchi Prefecture officials inspired by the Shinpūren rebellion four days earlier. Maebara's plot was exposed and his supporters in Hagi were soon defeated by the Imperial Japanese Army as he travelled the Chūgoku region searching for support. Maebara and the leaders of the rebellion were arrested and executed.

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