馬ば関かん戦せん争そう

noun

Shimonoseki campaign; Shimonoseki bombardment

Historical term for the 1863–1864 military actions by Western powers against the Chōshū domain at Shimonoseki (then called 馬関).

• 馬ば関かん戦せん争そうは、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.