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The Second Japanese Embassy to Europe, also called the Ikeda Mission, was sent on December 29 1863 by the Tokugawa shogunate. The head of the mission was Ikeda Nagaoki, governor of small villages of Ibara, Bitch Province (Okayama Prefecture). The assistant head of the mission was Kawazu Sukekuni. The objective of the mission was to obtain French agreement to the closure of the harbour of Yokohama to foreign trade. The mission was sent following the 1863 "Order to expel barbarians" edicted by Emperor K mei, and the Bombardment of Shimonoseki incidents, in a wish to close again the country to…mehr

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The Second Japanese Embassy to Europe, also called the Ikeda Mission, was sent on December 29 1863 by the Tokugawa shogunate. The head of the mission was Ikeda Nagaoki, governor of small villages of Ibara, Bitch Province (Okayama Prefecture). The assistant head of the mission was Kawazu Sukekuni. The objective of the mission was to obtain French agreement to the closure of the harbour of Yokohama to foreign trade. The mission was sent following the 1863 "Order to expel barbarians" edicted by Emperor K mei, and the Bombardment of Shimonoseki incidents, in a wish to close again the country to Western influence, and return to sakoku status. The task proved impossible, as Yokohama was the center of foreign presence in Japan since the opening of the country by Commodore Perry in 1854.