In 1862, the Kanagawa Ikumai Village Incident in Japan directly led to the bombardment of Kagoshima in Japan by British warships in the second year.
On September 14, 1862, a group of samurai of the Satsuma Domain, who were walking on the road on official business, demanded that the four Englishmen on the road immediately dismount and kneel on the side of the road to meet them.
However, their actions were rejected by the British, and during the dispute, Mrs. Marshall's horse was frightened, and a collision with the guard of honor occurred, and the Japanese samurai immediately drew their swords and killed three Britons.
The conflict was triggered, but the conflict remained at the verbal level, and Britain did not take the lead in launching an armed attack, but only demanded an apology and compensation from Japan.
Japan was reluctant but paid £100,000 in compensation, but the request for an apology was rejected because of the anti-Japanese movement that was raging throughout the country at this time.
It is even rumored that Yukichi Fukuzawa, who served as an interpreter for the British army, directly translated the British demand for an apology from the Japanese samurai as a demand for an apology from the lord of the Satsuma domain.
Such humiliating remarks were seen as naked provocation by the Japanese samurai, and as a result, their hatred of Britain deepened.
The verbal conflict directly turned into a confrontation of force.
In 1863, the British fleet launched a continuous bombardment of Kagoshima, and the Saxon-British War began.
The war ended with Japan's defeat, but this was not a bad thing, as the Meiji Restoration was driven by it.
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