principle of expelling foreigners; anti-foreigner ideology
Historical term referring to the late Edo period ideology that advocated the expulsion of Westerners from Japan. Often associated with the sonnō jōi movement.
The principle of expelling foreigners was one of the political ideologies of the late Edo period.
There were samurai who advocated the anti-foreigner ideology.
Compound of 攘夷 (jōi, 'expulsion of foreigners') and 論 (ron, 'theory' or 'argument'). The term emerged during the late Edo period as part of political discourse.