SOURCE3 A nineteenth-century map of the Nagasaki Naval Training Centre, established near Dejima Island in 1855
SkillBuilder discussion Historical significance The ruling Tokugawa sh̄ogunate opened a naval training school at Nagasaki in 1855. Suggest reasons why this training school was a significant development. Decline of sh̄ogunate rule The emperor had appointed the sh̄ogun to protect Japan from barbarians, so the sh̄ogun’s failure to prevent foreign trade angered many samurai clans. While some continued to support the sh̄ogun, others saw the emperor as the only authority capable of unifying the country. Violent clashes between supporters and opponents of the sh̄ogunate erupted over the next decade. 9.9.2 Some samurai independently attacked and killed foreigners. The Ch̄osh̄u clan even blocked a key waterway and bombed foreign ships, but western forces retaliated, destroying Ch̄osh̄u’s forts and weapons. Meanwhile, Japanese scholars proposed adopting western knowledge to protect Japan’s culture and maintain independence, building on skills learned from Dutch traders and Portuguese missionaries.
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