Counting The Compensation Money
by Print Collector
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Counting The Compensation Money
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Print Collector
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Counting the compensation money for the murder of Mr Richardson, Japan, 1863. Charles Richardson, a British merchant, was murdered in September 1862 by retainers of Shimazu Hisamitsu, after he refused their demand that he dismount from his horse in the traditional gesture of respect to a daimyo. The Japanese government apologised and agreed to pay £100,000 in compensation to the British, but Satsuma Province, where the killing occurred, refused to apologise or pay its share of £25,000. This led to the British naval bombardment of the city of Kagoshima in August 1863. A print from The Illustrated London News, 12th September 1863. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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January 27th, 2021
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