The Shōgitai (彰義隊, "Manifest Righteousness Regiment") was an elite samurai shock infantry formation of the Tokugawa shogunate military formed in 1868 by the hatamoto Amano Hachirō [ja] and Hitotsubashi Gosankyō retainer Shibusawa Seiichirō [ja] in Zōshigaya, Edo (now Tokyo).
[1][2] After the Battle of Ueno, some surviving Shōgitai fled north, eventually joining the rebels of the Ezo Republic.
Following the defeat of Ezo, most of the few remaining former Shōgitai settled in Hokkaido as tondenhei.
[3] Among the survivors was Toyohara Chikanobu, who later achieved fame as a master nishiki-e artist.
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