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| Convention of Kanagawa - Commodore Perry's Attempt to Open Trade |
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On March 31, 1854, the Convention of Kanagawa was used by Commodore
Matthew C. Perry of the U.S. Navy to force the opening of the Japanese ports
of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade. Though he refused to deal with
petty Japanese officials and demanded to speak with the Japanese Head of
State, Perry did not realize that he had only spoken with representatives of
the Tokugawa Shogun and not the Emperor. For the Emperor to interact in any
way with foreign barbarians was, of course, out of the question. After the
Treaty of Kanagawa was concluded, similar treaties were negotiated by the
Russians and the British. |
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