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Repulsion at Uraga
- When
- 1837
- Where
- Uraga, entrance of Edo Bay
The American merchant ship Morrison, carrying seven Japanese castaways, approached Uraga and was fired upon by coastal defenses.
King set off with seven Japanese aboard the American merchant ship SS Morrison, sailing to Uraga at the entrance of Edo Bay. Cannon were fired from the hilltops of the Miura Peninsula as soon as the ship approached, in compliance with the 1825–42 shogunal order that any approaching Western ships, apart from Dutch ones, should be fired upon.
Sources
- Morrison incident Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-14
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