The Shimonoseki War

Japanese: 馬関戦争 - ばかんせんそう

In 1864, a four-way joint fleet consisting of Britain, America, France, and the Netherlands attacked the Choshu Domain (Hagi Domain) through the Shimonoseki Strait, some of whose troops landed and fought with the domain's soldiers, destroying all the artillery batteries along the strait. It is also known as the Shimonoseki Bombardment Incident by the Four-way Joint Fleet. The purpose of the attack was to retaliate against the Choshu Domain's previous year's bombardment of American, French, and Dutch ships sailing through the strait in order to carry out its expulsion of foreigners, and to crush the anti-foreign ideology of the Choshu Domain and the shogunate. This was the turning point for the sonno-joi faction within the Choshu Domain to abandon the expulsion of foreigners and turn to opening up the country.
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Japanese:

1864年英・米・仏・オランダの四国連合艦隊が下関海峡から長州藩（萩藩）を攻撃し，一部は上陸して藩兵と戦い，海峡沿岸の砲台を全滅させた事件。四国連合艦隊下関砲撃事件，下関事件とも。前年長州藩が攘夷決行のため海峡航行中の米・仏・オランダの船舶を砲撃したことへの報復と，長州藩や幕府の攘夷主義を粉砕するのが目的であった。長州藩内尊攘派が攘夷を捨てて開国に転ずる契機となった。
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