Hagi Rebellion

Hagi Rebellion
	Part of the Shizoku rebellions of the Meiji period
	; Maebara Issei, leader of the rebellion
Date	28 October 1876 – 5 November 1876; (1 week, 1 day)
Location	Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Result	Government victory
Belligerents
Meiji Government Imperial Japanese Army;	Juntoku Samurai of the Chōshū Domain;
Commanders and leaders
Miura Gorō; Takayoshi Sekiguchi	Maebara Issei †; Kensuke Okudaira †
Strength
109,379 Imperial soldiers	200 Hagi samurai
Casualties and losses
178 killed; 284 wounded	102 killed; 49 executed

The Hagi Rebellion (萩の乱, Hagi no ran) was an uprising against the Meiji government of Japan that occurred in Hagi from 28 October 1876 to 5 November 1876.

Maebara Issei, a disillusioned hero of the Meiji Restoration and former samurai of the Chōshū Domain, planned an attack on Yamaguchi Prefecture officials inspired by the Shinpūren rebellion four days earlier. Maebara's plot was exposed and his supporters in Hagi were soon defeated by the Imperial Japanese Army as he travelled the Chūgoku region searching for support. Maebara and the leaders of the rebellion were arrested and executed.

The Hagi Rebellion was one of a number of "shizoku uprisings" which took place in Kyūshū and western Honshu during the early Meiji period.