Ikedaya incident

Ikedaya incident

Ikedaya in April 2010
DateJuly 8, 1864
Location
Ikedaya Inn, Kyoto, Japan
35°0′32.2″N 135°46′11.6″E / 35.008944°N 135.769889°E / 35.008944; 135.769889
Result Shinsengumi victory
Belligerents
Shinsengumi Chōshū Domain
Tosa Domain
Higo Domain
Commanders and leaders
Kondō Isami
Hijikata Toshizō
Katsura Kogoro
Miyabe Teizo 
Yoshida Toshimaru 
Strength
34 (10 people; The Kondō group in Ikedaya, 24 people; The Hijikata group in the other.) 40
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 4 injured (of the 4, 2 later died of their injuries) 8 killed, 23 arrested
Battle ended in 2 hours
Ikedaya incident is located in Japan
Ikedaya incident
Location within Japan
The commemorative plaque standing at the former site of the Ikedaya Inn

The Ikedaya incident (池田屋事件, Ikedaya jiken), also known as the Ikedaya affair or Ikedaya riot, was an armed encounter between the shishi which included masterless samurai (rōnin) formally employed by the Chōshū, Tosa and Higo domains (han), and the Shinsengumi, the Bakufu's special police force in Kyoto on July 8, 1864, at the Ikedaya Inn in Sanjō-Kawaramachi, Kyoto, Japan.