The Bombardment of Kagoshima, also known as the Anglo-Satsuma War, was a military engagement fought between Britain and the Satsuma Domain in Kagoshima from 15 to 17 August 1863. The British were atte
Bird's-eye view of the bombardment of Kagoshima by the Royal Navy, 15 August 1863. Le Monde Illustré.
An illustration of the negotiation onboard French Navy warship Sémiramis between the Tokugawa shogunate and Britain and France on 2 July 1863. Among the European negotiators is Edward St. John Neale, Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt, Benjamin Jaurès and Sir Augustus Kuper.
A Japanese painting of the bombardment
An illustration of the start of the bombardment
The Namamugi incident, also known as the Kanagawa incident and Richardson affair, was a political crisis that occurred in the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan during the Bakumatsu on 14 September 1862. Cha
Bombardment of Kagoshima
…Kagoshima from 15 to 17 August 1863. The British were attempting to extract compensation and legal justice from daimyo Shimazu Tadayoshi for the 1862 Namamugi incident. The engagement began when a Royal Navy fleet commanded by Sir Augustus Kuper was fired on from Satsuma coastal batteries near Kagoshima. The British…
The Namamugi Incident depicted in a 19th-century Japanese woodcut print with Charles Lennox Richardson at the centre of the scene.
Body of Charles Richardson, 1862.
Entrance to the village of Namamugi, circa 1862.
Poetic monument of Namamugi Incident in Yokohama. Inscribed is a Chinese-style poem (kanshi) by Prince Yamashina Akira.