*Generally speaking in the [[Bakumatsu period]], the British were nominally neutral but actually worked to aid the rebelling provinces, while the French supported the shogunate. This can be seen, for example, in how Satsuma and the shogunate both, separately, ended up working with the British and French, respectively, to get Pavilions at the Paris World's Fair in 1867. | *Generally speaking in the [[Bakumatsu period]], the British were nominally neutral but actually worked to aid the rebelling provinces, while the French supported the shogunate. This can be seen, for example, in how Satsuma and the shogunate both, separately, ended up working with the British and French, respectively, to get Pavilions at the Paris World's Fair in 1867. |