攘じょう夷い

noun

expulsion of foreigners

Historical term referring to the anti-foreigner movement in late Edo-period Japan, often associated with the slogan 尊皇攘夷 (revere the emperor, expel the barbarians).

See also: 尊皇攘夷

• 幕ばく末まつの攘じょう夷い運うん動どうは、外がい国こく船せんの来らい航こうに反はん対たいする動うごきだった。

  The expulsion-of-foreigners movement at the end of the Edo period opposed the arrival of foreign ships.