European Controlled Japan

Okay, so I'm writing a believable alternate fiction story set in Japan. I plan on having three factions on Japan. One a British puppet-state, one a Dutch-founded colony, and one the remnant of the Shogunate.

I want a discussion on the feasibility of British and / or Dutch occupation of the Japanese.
 
Okay, so I'm writing a believable alternate fiction story set in Japan. I plan on having three factions on Japan. One a British puppet-state, one a Dutch-founded colony, and one the remnant of the Shogunate.

I want a discussion on the feasibility of British and / or Dutch occupation of the Japanese.

I'm no genius at this, but I feel like the colonization of Japan would be similar to the Colonization of India: Not a whole lot of actual European-controlled areas, but lots of in this case Daimyo acting as middlemen. The only reason why Japan would be colonized in the first place is resources, since it is far, far, FAARRRRR too faraway and populated to be a settler colony.
 
This isn't meant to be personal at OP, but a general comment about the forum - why is there such interest in wanking Europe even more? There are a load of threads about "WI Britain conquered China" and variants, I mean.
 
I'm no genius at this, but I feel like the colonization of Japan would be similar to the Colonization of India: Not a whole lot of actual European-controlled areas, but lots of in this case Daimyo acting as middlemen. The only reason why Japan would be colonized in the first place is resources, since it is far, far, FAARRRRR too faraway and populated to be a settler colony.

Hmmm. Ok. In the case of your view on scenario, what nation seems more likely to have the negotiation / armament to get fealty sworn by Daimyo to it?
 
This isn't meant to be personal at OP, but a general comment about the forum - why is there such interest in wanking Europe even more? There are a load of threads about "WI Britain conquered China" and variants, I mean.

Because the story I have is about a warrior, called the "Blue-Eyed Swordsman" (He's part European, part Japanese) who leads a revolt against the European puppet-state to return Japan to the Japanese.
 
Hmmm. Ok. In the case of your view on scenario, what nation seems more likely to have the negotiation / armament to get fealty sworn by Daimyo to it?

Probably the Spanish:
Powerful base in the area
Humiliated at losing other colonies
Ability to actually buy loyalty with riches gained previously
Experience at assimilating alien cultures to themselves
Needs resources
 
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