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*''Date: [[1862]]/8/21, 2pm''

*''Date: [[1862]]/8/21, 2pm''

*''Place: Namamugi village, [[Musashi province]] (today, Tsurumi-ku, [[Yokohama]])

*''Place: Namamugi village, [[Musashi province]] (today, Tsurumi-ku, [[Yokohama]])

The Namamugi Incident, also known as the Richardson Affair, refers to the death of a British man, Richardson, and the severe injury of several of his companions, at the hands of samurai from [[Satsuma han]], in the eighth month of [[1862]]. The Satsuma castle town of [[Kagoshima]] was [[Bombardment of Kagoshima|bombarded]] by ships of the British Royal Navy the following year, in response, emphasizing the weakness of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] to protect Japan from foreign threats. As this is often cited among the chinks in the shogunate's armor which led to its fall, the Namamugi Incident itself has come to be counted among the major events of the [[Bakumatsu period]].

The Namamugi Incident, also known as the Richardson Affair, refers to the death of a British man, Richardson, and the severe injury of several of his companions, at the hands of samurai from [[Satsuma han]], in the eighth month of [[1862]]. The Satsuma castle town of [[Kagoshima]] was [[Bombardment of Kagoshima|bombarded]] by ships of the British Royal Navy the following year, in response, emphasizing the weakness of the [[Tokugawa shogunate|shogunate]] to protect Japan from foreign threats. As this is often cited among the chinks in the shogunate's armor which led to its fall, the Namamugi Incident itself has come to be counted among the major events of the [[Bakumatsu period]].