own heroism and that of Morrison and Olipant that they were driven off - not mentioning the two dead and ten injured Japanese defenders. Sword cuts and bullet marks from the attack remain in the pillars of the main hall of the temple. Rutherford Alcock, the first British Minister to Japan, recorded his impressions of Tōzen-ji in his book, The Capital of the Tycoon (1863). The Second Tōzenji incident After the incident, Alcock moved the legation to the treaty port of Yokohama, stating that he did not trust the Japanese and was dissatisfied with the compensation being offered. However, in May 1862, Lieutenant Colonel Edward St. John Neale who had assumed duties as Chargé d'affaires in Japan during Alcock's period of extended home leave ordered the legation to be returned to Tōzenji, pending the construction of a new purpose-built diplomatic compound at nearby Gotenyama. The staff, including a contingent from the Royal Marines, numbered around 30 men. The Shogunate ordered Ōgaki, Kishiwada and Matsumoto Domains to provide security, for a total of 500 men. One of the guards from Matsumoto, Itō Gunbei, was concerned about the expense his domain was incurring providing this security and about the possibility that he would be forced to kill fellow Japanese in order to protect the hated foreigners, so he decided to assassinate Neale himself. In the early morning of June 27, 1862 he attempted to break into Neale's bedroom but was discovered by the Royal Marines and killed two men from the HMS Renard before he was subdued. He subsequently committed seppuku, and the British withdrew back to Yamate, in Yokohama. The incident resulted in the creation of the permanent British Military Garrison in Japan and marked the final abandonment of the use of Tōzen-ji as the official residence of the British legation in Japan. Gallery See also List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tōkyō) References External links Tozen-ji gardens Buildings and structures completed in 1610 17th-century Buddhist temples Buddhist temples in Tokyo Historic Sites of Japan Musashi Province Myoshin-ji temples 1861 in Japan 1862 in Japan Japan–United Kingdom relations Buildings and structures in Minato, Tokyo