Seikanron is a debate that arose in Japan from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji period, calling for the opening of Korea to the outside world through military force. This time, we will explain in an easy-to-understand way the history of Japan that is not taught in schools, focusing on the people who advocated Seikanron and those who left the government due to this debate, especially Saigo Takamori. What do you think about this topic? Please let us know your opinion in the comments section. 00:00 Introduction02:05 Japan's historical background that led to Seikanron: The impact of the Tsushima Incident (Posadnik Incident)05:35 Negotiations with the Yi Dynasty and the Treaty of Amity between Japan and China09:06 Itagaki Taisuke and Seikanron10:48 The debate breaks out! Seikanron Coup (Meiji 6th Year Coup)13:35 Saigo Takamori's letter to Itagaki Taisuke15:55 Saigo Takamori was trying to settle things peacefully! ? Two Reasons 18:56 The Ganghwa Island Incident and the Treaty of Amity between Japan and Korea 20:43 What happened to Saigo Takamori afterwards and the defense of Fukuzawa Yukichi 23:23 Finally ★ Thank you for your comments! Your comments are very instructive and often very insightful, and I, the administrator of this channel, am always learning from them! Viewers, please read the comments section and use them as reference. ▼Subscribe to the channel here / @narutamejapan #historyeducation#education#relearning#narutameJAPAN #history#historycommentary#SaigoTakamori#Japanesehistory▼Photo citations, reference sites, and literature, etc. Tahohashi Kiyoshi, author, "Study on modern Japan-Korea relations," Vol. 1, Central Institute of the Government-General of Korea, 1940. National Diet Library Digital Collection Ishida Toru, Rethinking the Korea Expedition Theory, 2000 Waseda Study of Politics and Public Law = The Waseda study of politics and public law (65) - National Diet Library Digital Collection Mori Toshihiko (author), Meiji 6th Year Political Crisis (Chuko Shinsho 561) Wu Seonhwa (author), The Road to Japan-Korea Annexation, Complete Edition Uchimura Kanzo, Norihisa, Suzuki (author), Representative Japanese (Iwanami Bunko) Hayashi Fusao (author), Modern Japanese translation of the teachings of O-Saigo (Shinjinbutsu Oraisha Bunko) Katsuta Seiji (author), The Meiji State and the Confrontation of the World: The Formation of Modern Japan (Kadokawa Sensho) Rintaro Kawamichi (author) The truth behind Saigo's "Seikanron" (Investigation of the Korean Expedition): Correcting the historian's falsehoods (Benseisha Publishing) Yoshiki Iechika (author) Takamori Saigo and the political situation of the Meiji Restoration at the end of the Edo period: Taking into account his poor health (Research series of the Institute of Japanese Economic History, Osaka University of Economics) The ceremony of the Imperial friendship with Korea: Saigo Nanshu Memorial Museum