Shimonoseki Campaign

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The Shimonoseki Campaign was a series of mid-19th-century military actions by Western powers against the Chōshū Domain in Japan to force the reopening of the strategic Shimonoseki Strait to international shipping.

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Label Occurrences
Bombardment of Shimonoseki 2
Shimonoseki Campaign canonical 2
Chōshū expeditions 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century war
international conflict
military campaign
alsoKnownAs Shimonoseki War
belligerent Chōshū Domain
Empire of Japan (proto-state under Tokugawa shogunate)
linked to: Imperial Japan

Tokugawa shogunate (indirectly involved)
cause Chōshū Domain enforcement of imperial edict to expel foreigners
closure of Shimonoseki Strait to foreign shipping
conflictType gunboat diplomacy
punitive expedition
consequence increased Western influence in Japan
strengthening of Chōshū Domain’s anti-shogunate stance
weakening of Tokugawa shogunate authority
endDate 1864
followedBy growing alliance between Chōshū and Satsuma domains
hasPart Anglo-French-Dutch-American joint naval operation at Shimonoseki
Bombardment of Shimonoseki
historicalContext opening of Japan to the West
unequal treaties era in Japan
involves French Navy
Royal Navy
Royal Netherlands Navy
United States Navy
locatedIn Chōshū Domain
Japan
Shimonoseki Strait
Strait of Shimonoseki
linked to: Shimonoseki Strait
notableCommander Admiral Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper
French Admiral Constant Jaurès
Kido Takayoshi
Mōri Takachika
Rear Admiral David McDougal
objective reopening of Shimonoseki Strait to international shipping
opposedBy France
Netherlands
United Kingdom
United States
partOf Bakumatsu period
precededBy Imperial edict to expel barbarians (jōi) of 1863
primaryTheater Shimonoseki Strait
relatedTo Bombardment of Kagoshima
Meiji Restoration
result Shimonoseki Indemnity
linked to: Xinchou Treaty

indemnity imposed on Chōshū Domain and Tokugawa shogunate
reopening of Shimonoseki Strait
victory of Western powers
startDate 1863
timePeriod mid-19th century

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Shimonoseki isSiteOf Shimonoseki Campaign
Chōshū Domain notableEvent Chōshū expeditions
linked to: Shimonoseki Campaign
Chōshū Domain notableEvent Bombardment of Shimonoseki
linked to: Shimonoseki Campaign
Chōshū Domain foreignConflict Shimonoseki Campaign
Shimonoseki Campaign hasPart Bombardment of Shimonoseki
linked to: Shimonoseki Campaign
Shimonoseki Campaign alsoKnownAs Shimonoseki War
linked to: Shimonoseki Campaign