The battles against the former Tokugawa troop and the supporting domains of the Shogun, from the Boshin War to the Battle of Hakodate, were assisted by not only the court nobles and samurai belonging to the Meiji Government but also domains waiting and seeing how things went at first.
戊辰戦争から箱館戦争の間における旧江戸幕府軍及び佐幕派諸藩との戦いは、明治政府の構成員であった公武の人々のみならず、当初は日和見的な態度を取っていた諸藩の助力を得たものであった。