Bad sushi or bad merchant? The 'dead fish poisoning incident' of 1852

Article Abstract:

This article examines the political and social issues behind the imprisonment of a wealthy merchant in Japan during 1852 after several people of his village had died as a result of eating bad fish. The author maintains the merchant, involved in a land reclamation program, was held responsible due to economic motivation of the villagers and politicians, who confiscated his wealth and feared the possible economic changes related to the land project.

Cases, Land reclamation, Reclamation of land, Villages, Poisoning

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Bad sushi or bad merchant? The 'dead fish poisoning incident' of 1852

Article Abstract:

This article examines the political and social implications surrounding the 'dead fish poisoning incident' of 1852 in Japan, in which a prosperous merchant was held responsible for the death of several local residents who had apparently eaten bad fish. The author explores the reasons for the merchants imprisonment and confiscation of his wealth, maintaining the villagers and politicians were economically motivated to destroy him.

Health aspects, Fish as food, Fish (Food product)

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Rethinking the Colonial Conquest of Manchuria: The Japanese consular police in Jiandao, 1909-1937

Article Abstract:

A brief review on the experience of Japan's consular police forces in the Sino-Korean border region of Jiandao is focused. The enormous population of resident Korean nationals in this contested border territory made it an especially keen concern of Japanese authorities, especially after 1909

Colonial administration

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