Japanese han (domain) that, along with the han of Satsuma, supported the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate (&see; Tokugawa period) and the creation of a new government headed by the emperor.
With their superior familiarity with Western weapons, the Satsuma-Chōshū alliance was able to defeat the shogunal forces, bringing the emperor to power in the Meiji Restoration of 1868.
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