The Hakodate Magistrate's Office inside the Goryokaku (star fort). Taken in winter, 1868, before the Battle of Hakodate. When the new government forces approached Hakodate, the bell tower of this headquarters became the target of naval gunfire, and the former Shogunate forces hurriedly demolished the bell tower.
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1868
Hakodate Bugyosho - <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://hakodate-bugyosho.jp/about5-2.html">https://hakodate-bugyosho.jp/about5-2.html</a> . Photo from the Hakodate City Central Library.