1102991 The Bombardment of Kagosima, Japan 1863 (engraving) by Weedon, Edwin (1819-79); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bombardment of Kagoshima, also known as the Anglo-Satsuma War, took place on 15??7 August 1863 during the Late Tokugawa shogunate. The Royal Navy was fired on from coastal batteries near the town of Kagoshima and in retaliation bombarded the town. The British were trying to extract a payment from the daimy? of Satsuma following the Namamugi Incident of 1862, in which British people were attacked (one killed, two wounded) by Satsuma samurai for not showing the proper respect for the daimy?\'s regent, Shimazu Hisamitsu. The Bombardment of Kagosima, Japan. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 7 November 1863.); Look and Learn / Illustrated Papers Collection; English, out of copyright.