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The was the killing of 11 French sailors from the French corvette
Corvette

A corvette is a small, manoeuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a offshore patrol vessel, although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role....
 Dupleix
FS Dupleix (1861)

The Dupleix was a steam and sail corvette of the French French Navy. She was the first French vessel named after the 18th Century Governor of Puducherry and Gouverneur G?n?ral of the French possessions in India marquess Joseph Fran?ois Dupleix....
 in the port of Sakai
Sakai, Osaka

is a cities of Japan in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of Mihara, Osaka in Minamikawachi District, Osaka, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in Japan, with 833,414 residents as of 2007-0...
 near Osaka
Osaka

is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in 1868.

On March 8, 1868, a skiff
Skiff

The term skiff is used, and has been used, to refer to many various types of small boats.The word is related to ship and has a complicated etymology: it comes from the Middle English skif, which derives from the Old French esquif, which in turn derives from the Old Italian schifo, which is itself of German language origin...
 sent to Sakai
Sakai, Osaka

is a cities of Japan in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of Mihara, Osaka in Minamikawachi District, Osaka, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in Japan, with 833,414 residents as of 2007-0...
 was attacked by samurai
Samurai

is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
 of the Tosa
Tosa Province

is the name of a provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Kochi prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo province and Awa province Provinces....
 clan
Clan

A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by actual or perceived descent from a common ancestor. Even if actual lineage patterns are unknown, clan members may nonetheless recognize a founding member or apical ancestor....
; 11 sailors and Midshipman
Midshipman

A midshipman is a subordinate officer, an officer cadet, or alternatively a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the navy of several English-speaking countries....
 Guillou were killed (a monument in Kobe
Kobe

is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....
 is now erected to their memory).






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The was the killing of 11 French sailors from the French corvette
Corvette

A corvette is a small, manoeuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a offshore patrol vessel, although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role....
 Dupleix
FS Dupleix (1861)

The Dupleix was a steam and sail corvette of the French French Navy. She was the first French vessel named after the 18th Century Governor of Puducherry and Gouverneur G?n?ral of the French possessions in India marquess Joseph Fran?ois Dupleix....
 in the port of Sakai
Sakai, Osaka

is a cities of Japan in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of Mihara, Osaka in Minamikawachi District, Osaka, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in Japan, with 833,414 residents as of 2007-0...
 near Osaka
Osaka

is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 in 1868.

On March 8, 1868, a skiff
Skiff

The term skiff is used, and has been used, to refer to many various types of small boats.The word is related to ship and has a complicated etymology: it comes from the Middle English skif, which derives from the Old French esquif, which in turn derives from the Old Italian schifo, which is itself of German language origin...
 sent to Sakai
Sakai, Osaka

is a cities of Japan in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It has been one of the largest and most important seaports of Japan since the Medieval era.Following the February 2005 annexation of Mihara, Osaka in Minamikawachi District, Osaka, the city has grown further and is now the fourteenth most populous city in Japan, with 833,414 residents as of 2007-0...
 was attacked by samurai
Samurai

is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial society Japan. According to translator William Scott Wilson: "In Chinese, the character ? was originally a verb meaning to wait upon or accompany a person in the upper ranks of society, and this is also true of the original term in Japanese, saburau....
 of the Tosa
Tosa Province

is the name of a provinces of Japan of Japan in the area that is today Kochi prefecture on Shikoku. Tosa was bordered by Iyo province and Awa province Provinces....
 clan
Clan

A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by actual or perceived descent from a common ancestor. Even if actual lineage patterns are unknown, clan members may nonetheless recognize a founding member or apical ancestor....
; 11 sailors and Midshipman
Midshipman

A midshipman is a subordinate officer, an officer cadet, or alternatively a commissioned officer of the lowest rank, in the navy of several English-speaking countries....
 Guillou were killed (a monument in Kobe
Kobe

is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....
 is now erected to their memory). At the time, the port of Sakai was not open to foreign ships, and the Tosa troops were in charge of policing the city.

The French captain Dupetit Thouars protested so strongly that an indemnity of 150,000 dollars was agreed upon, the culprits were arrested, and 20 of them were sentenced to death by seppuku
Seppuku

is a form of Japanese Suicide#Ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai honor code, seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies, as a form of capital punishment for samurai who have committed serious offenses, and for reason...
 at Myokoku-ji
Myokoku-ji

Myokoku-ji is a Buddhist Temple located in Sakai, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan and is one of head temples of the Nichiren Buddhism. It is known as the location of the 1868 Sakai incident....
. However, the style of execution was so shocking to the French that, after 11 were carried out, the captain requested a pardon, sparing nine of the samurai. This allowed the French and Japanese parties to reconcile

See also

  • Franco-Japanese relations
    Franco-Japanese relations

    France-Japan relations refers to bilateral relations between France and Japan. The history of goes back to the early 17th century, when a Japanese samurai and ambassador on his way to Rome landed for a few days in Southern France, creating a sensation....