Siebold incident
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The Siebold incident was a 19th-century diplomatic scandal in which German physician Philipp Franz von Siebold was expelled from Japan for allegedly smuggling sensitive maps and information, highlighting Japan’s strict isolationist policies of the time.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siebold incident canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
diplomatic incident
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political scandal ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Nagasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | late Edo period ⓘ |
| consequence | diplomatic tension between Japan and the Netherlands ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Japanese Edo-period records
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Philipp Franz von Siebold’s writings ⓘ |
| followedBy | continued enforcement of sakoku policy ⓘ |
| hasCause | alleged smuggling of maps and geographic information ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
ban on Siebold’s reentry to Japan for many years
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expulsion of Philipp Franz von Siebold from Japan ⓘ greater caution in foreign scientific exchanges in Japan ⓘ heightened monitoring of rangaku scholars ⓘ restriction on Japanese scholars’ contact with Siebold ⓘ temporary interruption of Siebold’s scientific work in Japan ⓘ transfer of Japanese geographic knowledge to Europe ⓘ |
| hasPart |
banishment order by Tokugawa authorities
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confiscation of maps of Japan ⓘ interrogation of Philipp Franz von Siebold ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
example of conflict between scientific curiosity and state security in Edo Japan
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illustration of limits of foreign access to Japanese knowledge under sakoku ⓘ |
| involves | Dutch trading post at Dejima ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Tokugawa edicts on foreign trade and information control ⓘ |
| location | Dejima NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Japanese isolationist policy ⓘ |
| natureOfAccusation | espionage-related activities ⓘ |
| participant |
Philipp Franz von Siebold
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Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pointInTime | 1829 ⓘ |
| reasonForSanction | export of prohibited materials ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Dejima
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Nagasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ Philipp Franz von Siebold NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ sakoku policy ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
increased suspicion of foreign influence in late Edo Japan
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tightening of controls on foreign contact in Japan ⓘ |
| significantPerson | Philipp Franz von Siebold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantPlace | Nagasaki Magistrate’s Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
history of Japan–Germany relations
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history of Western medicine in Japan ⓘ rangaku ⓘ sakoku NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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