“On 14 September 1862, a clash on the Tokaido Road left an Englishman bleeding to death. It had far-reaching consequences: a step towards the overthrow of 268 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, a revelation of the military and industrial power of the West which led to Japan’s Meiji-era transformation, and a lens through which to … Continue reading The Namamugi Incident in Historical Perspective and Its Impact on Yokohama Today

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