Morrison Incident

The Morrison incident of 1837 occurred when the American merchant ship Morrison, headed by Charles W. King, was driven away from "sakoku" (isolationist) Japan by cannon fire. This was carried out in accordance with the Japanese Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels of 1825. It has been alleged that King used the pretext of repatriating seven Japanese castaways, among them Yamamoto Otokichi, to try to open trade with Japan.

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1837  Wikidata
bombardment, Daird Ingersoll, Jusaburō, Shōzō, Karl Gützlaff, Samuel Wells Williams, Charles W. King, Otokichi, Shimazu Hisakaze, Japan, 

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• Bojutsu Yume Monogatari - 1838 literary work, online

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1837	Morrison Incident	Karl Gützlaff, bombardment, Samuel Wells Williams, Charles W. King, Otokichi, Shimazu Hisakaze, Daird Ingersoll, Jusaburō, Shōzō	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Nejimehara Battery Site	daiba	Wikidata
site	museum		Kanoya Air Base Museum	naval museum, aviation museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots	peace museum, history museum, aviation museum, military museum, Minamikyushu	Wikidata