ノルマントン号ごう事じ件けん

noun

Normanton incident (1886)

Refers to the 1886 sinking of the British merchant ship Normanton off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, and the subsequent controversy over the treatment of Japanese passengers.

• ノルマントン号ごう事じ件けんは、明めい治じ時じ代だいの日本にほんで大おおきな社しゃ会かい問もん題だいとなった。

  The Normanton incident became a major social issue in Meiji-era Japan.