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*''Japanese'': 薩長同盟 ''(Satchou doumei)''
The Sat-Chô Alliance was an alliance between [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû domains]], formed in [[1866]].
==Background==
The beginnings of an alliance between the two domains might be seen in agreements made in [[1859]]-[[1860]], as [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], regent to the young Satsuma ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], pursued the expansion of Satsuma's domestic trading partners. Satsuma established a trading office in [[Shimonoseki]] in 1859, sending two trading ships to the port at that same time, exchanging [[Ryukyuan textiles]], [[sulfur]], and [[indigo]] for whalebones, [[salt]], and [[cotton]] from Chôshû. The following year, Chôshû sent a prominent domain merchant along with a samurai official to Satsuma to negotiate further trade relations. For the next couple of years, the two domains enjoyed a lively trade in [[sugar]] from [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] and [[Amami Islands|Amami]] in exchange for salt, whalebone, and rice from Chôshû.<ref>Hellyer, 187.</ref>
However, the relationship soon turned sour. In accordance with [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei's]] imperial edict ordering the violent [[joi|expulsion of the barbarians]], Chôshû began on [[1863]]/5/10 to fire upon passing ships. In [[1864]]/2, Chôshû's coastal batteries hit a merchant vessel sponsored by Satsuma carrying a cargo of cotton to sell to Western merchants at [[Nagasaki]], leading to considerable tensions between the two domains, and Satsuma severing trade relations with Chôshû. Later that year, Chôshû sent an armed force to [[Kyoto]] with intentions of enhancing the domain's political influence in the city; when that force attempted to storm the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]], warriors from Satsuma and [[Aizu han]] repelled them. The Court subsequently declared Chôshû an enemy of the state, and Satsuma warriors took part in a punitive expedition against Chôshû launched by the shogunate.
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==References==
*Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 196.
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The Sat-Chô Alliance was an alliance between [[Satsuma han|Satsuma]] and [[Choshu han|Chôshû domains]], formed in [[1866]].
==Background==
The beginnings of an alliance between the two domains might be seen in agreements made in [[1859]]-[[1860]], as [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]], regent to the young Satsuma ''daimyô'' [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], pursued the expansion of Satsuma's domestic trading partners. Satsuma established a trading office in [[Shimonoseki]] in 1859, sending two trading ships to the port at that same time, exchanging [[Ryukyuan textiles]], [[sulfur]], and [[indigo]] for whalebones, [[salt]], and [[cotton]] from Chôshû. The following year, Chôshû sent a prominent domain merchant along with a samurai official to Satsuma to negotiate further trade relations. For the next couple of years, the two domains enjoyed a lively trade in [[sugar]] from [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû]] and [[Amami Islands|Amami]] in exchange for salt, whalebone, and rice from Chôshû.<ref>Hellyer, 187.</ref>
However, the relationship soon turned sour. In accordance with [[Emperor Komei|Emperor Kômei's]] imperial edict ordering the violent [[joi|expulsion of the barbarians]], Chôshû began on [[1863]]/5/10 to fire upon passing ships. In [[1864]]/2, Chôshû's coastal batteries hit a merchant vessel sponsored by Satsuma carrying a cargo of cotton to sell to Western merchants at [[Nagasaki]], leading to considerable tensions between the two domains, and Satsuma severing trade relations with Chôshû. Later that year, Chôshû sent an armed force to [[Kyoto]] with intentions of enhancing the domain's political influence in the city; when that force attempted to storm the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]], warriors from Satsuma and [[Aizu han]] repelled them. The Court subsequently declared Chôshû an enemy of the state, and Satsuma warriors took part in a punitive expedition against Chôshû launched by the shogunate.
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==References==
*Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 196.
<references/>
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Groups]]