The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty or the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity, was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854. Signed under threat of force, it effectively ended Japan's 220-year-old policy of national seclusion by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels. It also guaranteed the safety of American castaways and established the position of an American consul in Japan, and it precipitated the signing of similar treaties establishing diplomatic relations with other Western powers.
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Creation Year Origin Place Original LanguageEnglish, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese 1 Document Type
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Did the Convention of Kanagawa open Japan to full trade with the United States?
The treaty opened two ports for supplies and shipwreck aid, not general trade.
Not in its own text. Article II granted the ports of Simoda and Hakodadi, spelled that way in the treaty, as places where American ships could be supplied with wood, water, provisions and coal. Article VII let American ships exchange gold, silver and goods under regulations set by the Japanese government, and Article VIII required that supplies be obtained only through Japanese officers appointed for that purpose. Article XI allowed the United States to appoint consuls or agents at Simoda after eighteen months, if either government thought it necessary. Article IX added that any privilege Japan later granted another nation would be granted to the United States as well.
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was signed on March 31, 1854
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at what is now Kaikō Hiroba (Port Opening Square) Yokohama
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written in English, Dutch, Chinese and Japanese
Lead section, alternative names
also known as the Kanagawa Treaty
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The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty (神奈川条約, Kanagawa Jōyaku) or the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity (日米和親条約, Nichibei Washin Jōyaku), was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854.
In Era: The Late Modern Period, lead paragraph and infobox, date
Perry returned again on February 11, 1854, with an even larger force of eight warships and made it clear that he would not be leaving until a treaty was signed.
In Group: International Agreements and Pacts of the Long Nineteenth Century, 1815 to 1913, Lead
The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty (神奈川条約, Kanagawa Jōyaku) or the Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity (日米和親条約, Nichibei Washin Jōyaku), was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854.
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