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Namamugi Incident
samurai assault on British people in Japan on September 14, 1862
Bunkyū Japanese Embassy to Europe
Diplomatic mission from Japan to Europe in 1862 in the Bunkyū era.
Japanese warship Kasuga
1863 paddle steamer
Tōzen-ji Temple
, is a Buddhist temple located in Takanawa, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The temple belongs to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. One of the four great Zen temples of Edo, it is best known in history as the location of the first British legation in Japan during the Bakumatsu period and the site of a number of incidents against foreigners by pro-sonnō jōi samurai. The temple's precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 2010.