幕末萨摩近代化意识的萌动——以1865年萨摩藩遣英留学生为例

The Appearance of Modernity in Late Satsuma Period——Overseas Students of Satsuma in Britain in 1865

1865年萨摩藩派遣留学生前往英国留学。留学生们途经的各国,其文化、生活方式不仅给留学生们留下深刻印象,也展现了其对待西洋文明的态度从此前的鄙夷、排斥向接纳、吸收的方向改变。

China became a semi-colony after the Opium War ended in 1840, Japan was shocked that China could not resist the guns of the West and saw the strength of the United States when the black ship of July 8, 1853 fearing that Japan could be the colony of the Western further deepening Japan＇s crisis. And the Satsuma, with the 1863 Satsuma-Britain War, admired the advanced science and technology of the West while realizing that blind expelling of the foreign countries was not realistic and therefore changed their strategy by actively approaching the Britain by sending overseas students to study in Britain in 1865. The culture and the scenes impressed the Japanese overseas students making them change their view of the world.