Sakai incident
The Sakai incident (堺事件, Sakai Jiken) was a diplomatic incident that occurred on March 8, 1868, in Bakumatsu period Japan involving the deaths of eleven French sailors from the French corvette Dupleix in the port of Sakai near Osaka, Japan. It is also known as the Senshū Sakai incident (泉州堺事件) or the Myōkoku-ji incident (妙国寺事件), and was one of three major diplomatic incidents involving attacks on foreigners in Japan in 1868, the others being the Kobe Incident and the attempted assassination of Harry Parkes.
| Sakai incident 堺事件 | |||||||
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| Part of Bakumatsu period | |||||||
Sakai incident, Japan. Le Monde Illustré, 1868 | |||||||
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| France | Empire of Japan | ||||||
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| 11 dead | 11 executed | ||||||
Sakai incident Location within Osaka Prefecture Sakai incident Sakai incident (Japan) | |||||||
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