The Anglo-Satsuma War (Japanese "Satsu-Ei Sensou") took place in August 1863. The British Royal Navy bombarded the town of Kagoshima in retribution after the Namamugi Incident of 1862.
The naval bombardment claimed 5 lives among the people of Satsuma, 13 lives among the British (including the Captain of the British flagship). Material losses were important, with around 500 houses burnt in Kagoshima, and three Satsuma steamships destroyed.
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Anglo-Japanese relations
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See 'The Bombardment of Kagoshima', Chapter VIII, A Diplomat in Japan by Sir Ernest Satow
Kagoshima (鹿児島市; -shi) the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwest tip of the Kyushu island of Japan.
Kagoshima was bombarded by the British Royal Navy in 1863 to punish the Satsuma daimyo for the murder of Charles Richardson on the Tōkaidō highway the previous year, and the refusal to pay an indemnity in compensation.
Kagoshima was the birthplace of Saigo Takamori, one of the key figures of the Meiji Restoration, and of Togo Heihachiro.
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