Kyoto Mimawarigumi

Kyoto Mimawarigumi
京都見廻組
Active1864 (1864)
Disbanded1868 (1868)
CountryKyoto, Japan
AllegianceTokugawa bakufu
Typespecial police
RoleTo protect the Kyoto Imperial Palace
Size200
EngagementsKinmon incident
Battle of Toba-Fushimi
Battle of Hakodate
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sasaki Tadasaburō
Imai Noburō

The Kyoto Mimawarigumi (京都見廻組, Kyōto Mimawarigumi, lit. "Kyoto Patrolling Group") was a special police force created by the Tokugawa shogunate during the late Bakumatsu period to restore public order to Kyoto.