Political upheaval of August 18, 3rd year of Bunkyuu - Bunkyuu 3rd year of Bunkyuu

Japanese: 文久3年8月18日の政変 - ぶんきゅうさんねんはちがつじゅうはちにちのせいへん

Bunkyu Coup, also known as the August 18 Coup. This incident occurred on August 18, 1863 (Bunkyu 3), when the faction that united the Imperial Court and the Shogunate expelled the Sonno-Joi faction, which had been in the ascendancy until then, from Kyoto and seized real power. The Sonno-Joi faction, centered around the Choshu faction, planned to use Emperor Komei's visit to Yamato as an opportunity to support the Emperor and launch an anti-shogunate army. Upon learning of this, Shimazu Hisamitsu and others from the Satsuma Kagoshima Domain joined forces with the Mutsu Aizu Domain and Prince Nakagawa (Prince Asahiko) and other factions of the Imperial Court that united the Imperial Court and the Shogunate, suddenly surrounding the Imperial Palace with troops, halting the visit and expelling the Sonno-Joi nobles and patriots. This incident overturned the dominance of the Choshu faction as the core of the Sonno-Joi movement, and the Tenchu-gumi, which was supposed to have risen up in response to the visit to Yamato, was isolated and annihilated. → The Fall of the Seven Nobles / The Kinmon Incident → Related topics: Sakamoto Ryoma | Sanjo Sanetomi | Sonno Joi Movement | Takechi Zuizan | Tenguto Rebellion | Totsukawa Incident | Hirano Kuniomi | Maki Izumi | Meiji Restoration

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Japanese:

文久の政変，８月18日の政変とも。文久３年（1863年）８月18日公武合体派が，それまで優勢であった尊攘派を京都から追放，実権を掌握した事件。長州勢を中心とする尊攘派は孝明天皇大和行幸を機に天皇を擁して討幕軍を起こす計画を立てていた。これを知った薩摩(さつま)鹿児島藩の島津久光らは陸奥(むつ)会津藩および中川宮（朝彦親王）ら朝廷内公武合体派と結び，突如御所を軍勢で囲んで行幸を中止させ尊攘派公卿志士らを追放した。この事件で尊攘運動の中核としての長州勢の優位はくつがえり，また大和行幸に呼応して決起したはずの天誅(てんちゅう)組は孤立壊滅。→七卿落／禁門の変
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