Cangoxuma

Title

Cangoxuma

View of the port city of Kagoshima in Japan. It is located on the southern tip of the island of Kyushu.The city has been known since the 8th century. Kagoshima was the city where Francisco de Xavier went ashore on August 15, 1549. In 1863, the Namamugi incident occurred, in which the English admiral Kuper bombarded the city in retaliation for the murder of the merchant Richardson. The Shimazu clan was one of the major opponents of the Tokugawa and, after the Meiji restoration, provided important politicians, including: a. Saigō Takamori and Ōkubo Toshimichi. In 1877 the city became the center of the Satsuma rebellion. After eight months of fighting, the city was almost completely burned down, and the castle was also destroyed. Saigo, the leader of the rebellion, committed suicide.

ca. 1665

Artist

Montanus