Enomoto Takeaki
Following the Boshin War (1868–1869), the "bakufu" was abolished, and Yoshinobu was reduced to the ranks of the common "daimyō". Resistance continued in the North throughout 1868, and the "bakufu" naval forces under Admiral Enomoto Takeaki continued to hold out for another six months in Hokkaidō, where they founded the short-lived Republic of Ezo.