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[[File:Cefc1e178a82b9017db03cf2718da9773812efd6.jpg|thumb]]The '''Black Ship Turmoil''' (Japanese: 黒船来航 くろふねらいこう) was an event in 1853 in which U.S. warships forced their way into [[Tokugawa Shogunate|Japanese]] ports and began the Westernization of Japan. | [[File:Cefc1e178a82b9017db03cf2718da9773812efd6.jpg|thumb]]The '''Black Ship Turmoil''' (Japanese: 黒船来航 くろふねらいこう) was an event in 1853 in which [[United States of America|U.S.]] warships forced their way into [[Tokugawa Shogunate|Japanese]] ports and began the Westernization of Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as the '''Perry Expedition''' as the expedition was led by [[Matthew C. Perry]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Steve Rabson|newspaper=Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus|title=Perry’s Black Ships in Japan and Ryukyu: The Whitewash of History|date=2016-08-15|url=https://apjjf.org/2016/16/rabson}}</ref> | ||
== See also == | |||
* [[Gunboat diplomacy]] | |||
* [[Sakoku]] | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:History of Japan]] | [[Category:History of Japan]] | ||
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The Black Ship Turmoil (Japanese: 黒船来航 くろふねらいこう) was an event in 1853 in which U.S. warships forced their way into Japanese ports and began the Westernization of Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as the Perry Expedition as the expedition was led by Matthew C. Perry.[1]
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- ↑ Steve Rabson (2016-08-15). "Perry’s Black Ships in Japan and Ryukyu: The Whitewash of History" Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.