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.

All labels observed (4)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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