Original sentence: Born in Tokuyama, Sūo province (modern Yamaguchi prefecture), from a samurai class family loyal to the Chōshū domain, Kodama began his military career fighting in the Boshin War for the Meiji Restoration against the forces of the Tokugawa bakufu
Edited sentence: Born in Tokuyama, Sūo province (modern Yamaguchi prefecture), from a samurai class family loyal to the Chōshū domain, Kodama began his military career fighting in the Boshin War for the Meiji Restoration against the forces of the Tokugawa shogunate