<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boshin War">Boshin War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Toba–Fushimi" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Toba–Fushimi">Battle of Toba–Fushimi</a> begins, between forces of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa shogunate</a> and pro-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emperor of Japan">Imperial</a> factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a>.<sup about="#mwt38" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_27#cite_note-6" id="mwcg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwcw">[6]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"><cite about="#mwt35" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFS._C._M._Paine2017">S. C. M. Paine (6 March 2017). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-9YcDgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA5" id="mwBwU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBwY">The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War</i></a>. Cambridge University Press. p.<span id="mwBwc" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>5. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBwk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-1-107-01195-3" id="mwBwo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-01195-3"><bdi id="mwBws">978-1-107-01195-3</bdi></a>. <a class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131845/https://books.google.com/books?id=-9YcDgAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA5" id="mwBww" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">Archived</a> from the original on 24 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBw0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBw4">28 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt35" class="Z3988" id="mwBw8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Japanese+Empire%3A+Grand+Strategy+from+the+Meiji+Restoration+to+the+Pacific+War&amp;rft.pages=5&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2017-03-06&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-107-01195-3&amp;rft.au=S.+C.+M.+Paine&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-9YcDgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA5&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+27"></span></span>