倒とう幕ばく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

overthrow of the shogunate

Historical term referring to the movement to overthrow the shogunate, especially during the Bakumatsu period. Used as a noun or with する to describe the act.

• 倒とう幕ばく運うん動どうは幕ばく末まつに活かっ発ぱつ化かした。

  The movement to overthrow the shogunate became active at the end of the Edo period.

• 薩さつ摩ま藩はんと長ちょう州しゅう藩はんが倒とう幕ばくを目め指ざした。

  The Satsuma and Chōshū domains aimed to overthrow the shogunate.