In 1858, the Harris Treaty opened Japan further to Americans. Alongside the treaty came regulations for the expanding Japan-US trade. Explore the attached regulations to the Harris Treaty bellow.In 1858, First American Consul to Japan, Townsend Harris negotiated a treaty of amity and commerce with the Japanese Bakufu. Months of intense negotiations resulted to what became known as the Harris Treaty signed on July 29, 1858. Explore its contents bellow.
The Dutch, after Perry's departure, negotiated and signed a treaty in 1856 with the Japanese expanding its activities beyond Dejima and into the whole of Nagasaki. In 1857, Donker Curtius, head of the Dutch enclave negotiated additional articles that expanded further Dutch influence, including the addition of the status of most favored state. Explore the contents of this 1857 treaty bellow.
Hitotsubashi Keiki or
Yoshinobu ascended as the 15th Tokugawa Shogun in 1867 in the midst of
declining power and prestige of the Bakufu after centuries of domination.
Explore Yoshinobu’s Shogunate before it ended with a civil war that changed
Japan’s history.
As
Japan closed near the brink of war over the Namamugi Incident, the Court and the Shogunate held meetings on chasing out foreigners, which brought further
complication to an already messy situation. Explore what came out of the
imperial order to expel the barbarians.
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Naosuke and Tokugawa Nariaki’s demise signaled the start of a rocky
relationship between the Bakufu, the Imperial Court, and the Daimyos. Explore
the attempt to unite the Shogunate and the Emperor.
After Perry ended his
first visit, the Japanese reacted differently on what to do next. Meanwhile,
the Russians arrived demanding the same thing as Perry. Explore the divide
within the Japanese government and the arrival of the Russians.
Due to allegation of
misconduct, Commodore Matthew Calbrith Perry suddenly found himself the new
commander of a squadron destined for Japan. Explore how Perry journeyed
east to begin his mission to change country’s policy and history.
Japan continued to
pursue isolation into the middle of the 19th century. But times had change and westerners continued to pursue to reverse the Shogunate’s policy. Explore previous
attempts of western countries to establish relations with Japan and the plan hatched by the Americans
The United States
experienced growth and development by the time of Perry’s Expedition. But what
was the condition of Japan. Explore the condition of the home of the samurais before the arrival of
the American expedition.
An expedition sent to
open Japan from two hundred years of isolation to fulfill the economic and
political wants of the United States. Explore the United States and its
intention for sending Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan.
