The Shimonoseki campaign was a series of military engagements in 1863 and 1864, fought to control the Shimonoseki Straits of Japan by joint naval forces from the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States, against the Japanese feudal domain of Chōshū, which took place off and on the coast of Shimonoseki, Japan.
Capture of a Choshu battery at Shimonoseki by British sailors and marines; picture taken by Felice Beato
The Medusa forces its way through the Shimonoseki strait, by Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest
The USS Wyoming battling in the Shimonoseki Straits against the Choshu steam warships Daniel Webster, Lanrick and Lancefield
The French engagement at Shimonoseki, with the warships Tancrède and Sémiramis, under Rear Admiral Charles Jaurès. Le Monde illustré, October 10th, 1863.
Shimonoseki is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 June 2023, the city had an estimated population of 248,193 in 128762 households and a population density of 350 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 716.18 square kilometres (276.52 sq mi). It is the largest city in Yamaguchi Prefecture and the fifth-largest city in the Chūgoku region in terms of population. It is nicknamed the "Fugu Capital" for the locally caught pufferfish, and is the largest harvester of the pufferfish in Japan.
Central Shimonoseki and Kanmon Strait
Shimonoseki city hall
Captured battery at Shimonoseki, 1864
Kōzan-ji Temple
