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: 尊王攘夷
The expulsion-of-foreigners movement at the end of the Edo period opposed the arrival of foreign ships.
The ideology of 'revere the emperor, expel the barbarians' became one of the driving forces of the Meiji Restoration.
principle of expelling foreigners; anti-foreigner ideology
revere the emperor, expel the barbarians
Revere the Emperor, expel the barbarians
From Chinese 攘夷 (literally 'repel barbarians'). Adopted in Japanese during the Edo period as a political term.