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Site of the Namamugi Incident

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The Namamugi incident of September 14, 1862, is a political crisis mentioned by every history textbook in Japan. It occurred during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate and changed the course of Japanese history thereafter, heralding the arrival of the modernization. Shimazu Hisamitsu, the regent of the Satsuma Domain, was leading his retinue through the Namamugi village in Yokohama when he encountered four Britishers on horseback. Accordin…

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Site of the Namamugi Incident

The Namamugi incident of September 14, 1862, is a political crisis mentioned by every history textbook in Japan. It occurred during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate and changed the course of Japanese history thereafter, heralding the arrival of the modernization. Shimazu Hisamitsu, the regent of the Satsuma Domain, was leading his retinue through the Namamugi village in Yokohama when he encountered four Britishers on horseback. Accordin…

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