March 2024 Issue Yoko Yamazaki, "The Maria Luz Incident in 1872," an international trial in 1872.

Yamashita-Cho Koen, where Aiyoshiro was located (January 2024)

　In 2002, Yokohama Yumeza, led by actress Kojiko Godai, performed a play called "KAIHORO". The background is Yokohama in Meiji 5 (1872). Aiyoshiro was a real building at the time, located in Yamashita-Cho Koen, Chinatown. There is a stage in the restaurant, where guests can enjoy the dishes while enjoying Chinese cuisine. It was a symbol of Yokohama and this play, where not only Qingjin (then China was Qingkoku), but also Japanese and foreigners living in settlements gathered. It was me who wrote the script. The story is based on the real story that I will introduce in the future.

"Bushu Yokohama Hakkeinouchi Asaichi Noyuki" (collected by Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History)

　Human trafficking has been criticized internationally, just after the Civil War in the United States with slave release. You have to rescue the Qing people. Chinatown, a community of Qing people, had already been formed in the foreign settlement. However, their home country, Qing, has weakened due to the Akata War with U.K. But there is no power to help. On the other hand, Western powers have decided that Japan should solve the incident because it was discovered at the port of Japan. Despite the opening of the country, from the perspective of developed countries, Japan is still not aware of the international community. If you fight against Peru, it would be an international trial, but in 1871, the previous year, the Department of Justice was finally established. There is little experience in modern trials even in the country. In addition, the leaders of the government, including Hirobumi Ito, have been visiting overseas for two years. There was an air in the Japanese government that it was troublesome to leave it alone without involvement.

Takue Oe (collected by Kanagawa Pref.Library)

　Oe first asked Captain Heleiro, saying, "I would like to ask each and every one of the people of Qing, so I want them to be sent to land once." Heleiro, who was licking that he would win anyway, responded to him. They were immediately moved from the ship to the temple, breaking the chain, and taking care of them. Since it landed in Japan, it is no longer under the protection of Japan. Heleiro's will cannot return to the ship. When he realized his failure, Heleiro hurriedly took action. Employs Frederick Dickens, a British protagonist who is proficient in Japanese and fluent in Japanese. What Dickens brought it to the court was the proof of a prostitute sold to Yukaku. Isn't this a sudden human trafficking? I wonder if Japan, who is doing this, will be blamed for human trafficking in other countries. Parents and others receive the purchase price, and the money ties the prostitute in the form of debt. It seemed that everything was in trouble, but Oe issued a prostitute liberation order in the prefecture without a haircut. All debts are scrubbed. The prostitute is a liberty. It's a very violent way, but he must be amazed at his courage and determination.
　On the other hand, Oe was desperately studying the law of all nations. If the international community is convincing and win, it will not be possible to stand on par with other countries. It was an international trial that involved the Russian emperor, but the result was that Japan won the trial and all the Qing people were released. The Chinese people in Chinatown, who had been breathing, were delighted and sent the large flags to Oe Taneomi Soejima as a sign of appreciation.