Part of the Shizoku rebellions of the Meiji period
An ukiyo-e of the Saga Rebellion
Date
16 February 1874 – 9 April 1874
Location
Saga Prefecture
Result
Government victory; rebellion crushed
Belligerents
Meiji Government
Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
Rebels of former Saga Domain
Commanders and leaders
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Prince Komatsu Akihito
Shizuo Nozu
Yamada Akiyoshi
Etō Shinpei †
Shima Yoshitake †
Hisatake Asakura †
Strength
906,679 Imperial soldiers
(7 divisions, 10 brigades, & 12 battalions)
16,066 police troopers from Tokyo
6,239 naval marines
423 artillery pieces
15 warships
11,000 Saga rebels
3,000 members of the Seikantō Party & Ugoku League
Casualties and losses
147 killed
209 wounded
173 killed
160 wounded
Other leaders were executed in Nagasaki Prison
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The Saga Rebellion (佐賀の乱, Saga no ran) was an 1874 uprising in Kyūshū against the new Meiji government of Japan.[1] It was led by Etō Shinpei and Shima Yoshitake in their native domain of Hizen.
^Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Saga no ran" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 804, p. 804, at Google Books.
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