Sakuradamon Incident (1860)

Sakuradamon Incident

Sakuradamon incident. Detail from print
Native name	桜田門外の変
Date	March 24, 1860 (1860-03-24)
Location	Sakurada Gate, Edo Castle, present-day Tokyo, Japan
Coordinates	35°40′40″N 139°45′10″E / 35.67778°N 139.75278°E / 35.67778; 139.75278
Type	Assassination
Motive	Opposition to the signing of the 1858 Treaty of Amity and Commerce
Target	Ii Naosuke
Participants	Rōnin samurai
Casualties
Ii Naosuke

The Sakuradamon Incident (桜田門外の変, Sakuradamon-gai no Hen, or 桜田門の変 Sakuradamon no Hen) was the assassination of Ii Naosuke, Chief Minister (Tairō) of the Tokugawa shogunate, on March 24, 1860 by rōnin samurai of the Mito Domain and Satsuma Domain, outside the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle.