Okamoto Ryūnosuke [ja]Miyotarō MatsuoTakeshirō NagashimaMansuke KojimaUnosuke MizoeSadago UchiyamaMasanao YanadaIbara Hirayama Nishi KanjirōTsū KurokawaYamakawa HiroshiYorimasa KokushiŌshima Hisanao The Takebashi incident was an armed rebellion that occurred on August 23, 1878, in which 260 members of the Imperial Guard of the Imperial Japanese Army mutinied and killed officers.

The rioters were stationed at the Imperial Guard headquarters in Takebashi, which was just north of Akasaka Palace.

[1] The Meiji Restoration, which took place in the late 19th century, was a period in Japanese history when the country underwent significant transformations.

It was a response to the low payment for hard work, forced conscription of young men into the Imperial Japanese Army.

The conscription, which was part of the government's efforts to modernize the country's military forces, was met with resistance from some sections of the population.