Anniversary

[madshutterbug]

Today is the anniversary of a really big fracas in Japan that determined the course of events for several hundred years.

Bonus geek history points to the first person who correctly identifies the fracas.

Comments

[thatwordgrrl.livejournal.com]

Wasn't it that law that forbade foreigners to enter Japan?

Ended with the landing of Admiral...uhhmmm...Pershing, was it?

well for me...

[wedschilde.livejournal.com]

today is Katsushika Hokusai's birthday. the creater of a sets of prints in the Ukiyo-e style. he is most known for The Great Wave Off Kanagawa and the 36 views of Mt. Fuji.

[tinne.livejournal.com]

My guess:

Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 in the way it competely shifted feudal structure in Japan.