下関戦争しものせきせんそう

noun

Shimonoseki campaign; Shimonoseki bombardment

Historical term for the 1863–1864 military action by Western powers against the Chōshū domain at Shimonoseki. Also known as 馬関戦争.

See also: 馬関戦争

• 下関戦争しものせきせんそうは、長ちょう州しゅう藩はんと欧おう米べい列れっ強きょうとの間あいだで起おきた武ぶ力りょく衝しょう突とつである。

  The Shimonoseki campaign was an armed conflict between the Chōshū domain and Western powers.