HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits

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HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits

Creator

Jacob Eduard van Heemskerck van Beest

Dutch painter (1828-1894) · 1828–1894

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Date
1864
Medium
canvas, oil paint (paint)
Institution
Rijksmuseum
Object ID
SK-A-2725

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Around 1860 Japan was in turmoil about whether or not the country should engage in trade with the West. In 1863 insurgents – advocates of an isolationist policy – fired on western vessels, including the Dutch warship Medusa, in the Shimonoseki Straits. In retaliation, the western allies mounted a military expedition to end the blockade. The Netherlands once again deployed HMS Medusa for this mission.

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