The official capital building of the Republic of Ezo. This was a repurposed government office in Hakodate. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of the political leaders of the Republic of Ezo. Enomoto Takeaki is seated on the viewer’s right. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Enomoto Takeaki, the president-elect of the short-lived Republic of Ezo. Source: Public Domain
A diagram of the Goryokaku Star Fort at Hakodate, which the former shogunate forces defended from imperial assault, only to be eventually overrun. Source: Public Domain
The Goryokaku Star Fort as it exists today in modern-day Hakodate. As you can see, it has been transformed into a beautiful public park. Source: 京浜にけ at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
A contemporary etching representing the Battle of Hakodate Bay, a naval engagement in which Ezo Republic forces were driven out of the port. Source: Public Domain
The Japanese text of the Charter Oath, which was declared by the fledgling Meiji government during the Boshin War as a way of establishing their legitimacy and giving some idea of the direction in which they would steer the nation. Source: Public Domain
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