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An Historic Bronze Cannon Captured By Admiral Jaurès At Shimonoseki On 7 February 1864 image 1

An Historic Bronze Cannon Captured By Admiral Jaurès At Shimonoseki On 7 February 1864 image 2

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An Historic Bronze Cannon Captured By Admiral Jaurès At Shimonoseki On 7 February 1864
Mid-19th Century

Antique Arms & Armour

1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £9,360 inc. premium

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An Historic Bronze Cannon Captured By Admiral Jaurès At Shimonoseki On 7 February 1864
Mid-19th Century

Of stepped tapering form of French design with moulded muzzle in front of a flat ring, engraved 'Pris Par L'Admiral Jaures Simonosaki 7Bre 1864' on the first reinforce and drilled for an igniter (missing), knob-shaped cascabel, plain trunnions, and dark green patina overall: on finely constructed modern stepped oak carriage of naval type with wooden trucks and iron mounts painted black
102 cm. barrel, 5.2 cm. bore

Footnotes

Constant Louis Jean Benjamin Jaurès (1823-1889) was a French Admiral and Senator, who was active in Japan during the bombardment of Shimonoseki in 1863 and the Boshin War of 1868-69

The Bombardment of Shimonoseki refers to a series of military engagements that took place between 1863-64 by joint naval forces from Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and the United States of America against the Japanese feudal domain of Choshu, which took place along the banks of the Kanmon straits off the coast of Shimonoseki. Conflict erupted due to many feudal daimyos bitter resentment of the shogunates 'open-door' policy to the West. Emperor Komei issued his 'Order to expel barbarians' on 11 March and 11 April 1963 and Lord Mori of Tokachika, the head of the Choshu clan, began to take action to expel all foreigners after 10 May, the date fixed as a deadline. In defiance of the shogunate, Takachika ordered his forces to fire without warning on all foreign ships transversing Shimonoseki Strait. On 20 July a French landing force and two warships, the Tancrède and the Dupleix, with 250 men under Captain Jaurès swept into Shimonoseki and destroyed a small town, together with at least one artillery emplacement (perhaps the scene of the present cannon's capture). The Japanese surrendered on 8 September 1964 following a two-day battle against a squadron consisting of nine British, five Dutch and three French warships, under the command of Admiral Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper RN. The action saw the award of three Victoria Crosses, including one to the first American to win the medal, William Seeley

See Sir Ernest Satow, A Diplomat in Japan, London, 1921

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