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Treaty of Kanagawa
Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity
Japanese copy of the Convention of Kanagawa, ratified February 21, 1855
Signed31 March 1854 (1854-03-31)
LocationYokohama, Japan
SealedMarch 31, 1854
EffectiveSeptember 30, 1855
ConditionRatification by US Congress, signing by President Franklin Pierce and signing by Emperor Kōmei[1]
Signatories
  • Convention of Kanagawa Japan
  • Convention of Kanagawa United States
DepositaryDiplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese
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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. Signed under threat of force,[2] it effectively meant the end of Japan's 220-year-old policy of national seclusion (sakoku) by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels.[3] It also ensured the safety of American castaways and established the position of an American consul in Japan. The treaty precipitated the signing of similar treaties establishing diplomatic relations with other Western powers.

  1. ^ Miller, Bonnie M. (2021). "Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan". Bill of Rights Institute. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  2. ^ "Despatchers from U.S. Consuls in Kanagawa, Japan, 1861–1897". Gale Primary Sources, Nineteenth Century Collections Online. December 26, 1861. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
  3. ^ Perry

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