"Sonnō jōi!"

Following a coup d'état within Chōshū which returned to power the extremist factions opposed to the shogunate, the shogunate announced its intention to lead a Second Chōshū expedition to punish the renegade domain. This, in turn, prompted Chōshū to form a secret alliance with Satsuma. In the summer of 1866, the shogunate was defeated by Chōshū, leading to a considerable loss of authority. In late 1866, however, first shōgun Tokugawa Iemochi and then Emperor Kōmei died, succeeded by Tokugawa Yoshinobu and Emperor Meiji respectively. These events, in the words of historian Marius Jansen, "made a truce inevitable".

On November 9, 1867, a secret order was created by Satsuma and Chōshū in the name of Emperor Meiji commanding the "slaughtering of the traitorous subject Yoshinobu". Just prior to this, however—and following a proposal from the daimyō of the Tosa Domain—Yoshinobu resigned his post and authority to the emperor, agreeing to "be the instrument for carrying out" imperial orders. This ended the Tokugawa shogunate.

Reference, from the book "Japanese Uniforms 1841-1929" by Ritta Nakanishi



More Early Imperial Japanese Skins:

Satsuma Infantry: https://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/satsuma-infantry-1868/
Tosa Infantry: https://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/tosa-infantry-1868/
Saga Infantry: https://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/saga-infantry-1868/
Hiroshima Infantry: https://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/hiroshima-infantry-1868/
Boshin War Imperial Officer: https://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/boshin-war-imperial-officer-1868/