도쿠가와 요시노부
Following the Tokugawa Shogunate's defeat in the Battle of Toba–Fushimi on January 31, 1868. Troops loyal to the "bakufu" tried to regroup under Tokugawa Yoshinobu. At Osaka Castle, Tokugawa Yoshinobu gathered his advisors and military leaders to plan strategy and, to boost morale, advised that he would personally take to the field as commander of "bakufu" forces.