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The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.
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Nanbu clan
A clan in modern day Japan
The Nanbu clan was a Japanese samurai clan who ruled most of northeastern Honshū in the Tōhoku region of Japan for over 700 years, from the Kamakura period through the Meiji Restoration of 1868. The Nanbu claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji of Kai Province and were thus related…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Honshu
Largest island of Japan
Honshu , historically known as Akitsushima , is the largest of the four main islands of Japan. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-largest island in the world, and the second-most populous after the Indonesian island of Java.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boshin War
1868–1869 Japanese civil war
The Boshin War , sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution or Japanese Civil War, was a civil war in Japan fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and a coalition seeking to seize political power in the name of the Imperial Court.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)