In 1837, the Morrison Incident occurred when an American merchant ship named Morrison was driven away from a Japanese coast by cannon fire in accordance with the Order for the Repelling of Foreign Ships.
天保8年（1837年）、異国船打払令に基づいてアメリカ合衆国船籍の商船モリソン号が打ち払われるモリソン号事件が起きた。