Treaty of Shimonoseki

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bilateral treaty historical event peace treaty

The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Shimonoseki canonical	26
Shimonoseki Treaty	3
下関条約	2
Cession of Taiwan and the Pescadores from Qing China to Japan	1
Signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki	1
Treaty of Shimonoseki negotiations	1
Treaty of Shimonoseki revision agreements	1
Triple Intervention forcing Japan to return Liaodong Peninsula	1
negotiation of the Treaty of Shimonoseki	1
下関条約調印	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T196740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Shimonoseki
Context triple: [Taiwan under Japanese rule, hasCause, Treaty of Shimonoseki]

A. Korean Armistice Agreement
The Korean Armistice Agreement is the 1953 ceasefire accord that halted open hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and established the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
B. Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
C. Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration was a 1945 statement by the Allied powers demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender and outlining the terms for ending World War II in the Pacific.
D. Marco Polo Bridge Incident
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident was a 1937 armed clash between Japanese and Chinese troops near Beijing that escalated into full-scale war between Japan and China.
E. Panmunjom
Panmunjom is a village in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea that serves as a symbolic site for inter-Korean negotiations and military talks.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Shimonoseki
Target entity description: The Treaty of Shimonoseki was an 1895 peace agreement between Qing China and Japan that ended the First Sino-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major imperial power in East Asia.

A. Korean Armistice Agreement
The Korean Armistice Agreement is the 1953 ceasefire accord that halted open hostilities on the Korean Peninsula and established the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
B. Iwakura Mission
The Iwakura Mission was a landmark 1871–1873 Japanese diplomatic and fact-finding tour of the United States and Europe that aimed to renegotiate unequal treaties and study Western institutions to guide Japan’s modernization.
C. Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration was a 1945 statement by the Allied powers demanding Japan’s unconditional surrender and outlining the terms for ending World War II in the Pacific.
D. Marco Polo Bridge Incident
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident was a 1937 armed clash between Japanese and Chinese troops near Beijing that escalated into full-scale war between Japan and China.
E. Panmunjom
Panmunjom is a village in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea that serves as a symbolic site for inter-Korean negotiations and military talks.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ historical event ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Shimonoseki Treaty ⓘ linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki Treaty of Maguan ⓘ
countryInvolved	China ⓘ Japan ⓘ
dateSigned	1895-04-17 ⓘ
endedConflict	First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance	altered the balance of power in East Asia ⓘ contributed to the decline of the Qing dynasty ⓘ symbolized Japan’s emergence as a great power ⓘ
influenced	regional tensions in East Asia ⓘ subsequent Japanese expansionism ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locationSigned	Japan ⓘ Shimonoseki ⓘ
precedesEvent	Triple Intervention ⓘ
resultedIn	cession of Taiwan to Japan ⓘ cession of the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan ⓘ cession of the Pescadores Islands to Japan ⓘ end of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ expansion of Japanese influence in East Asia ⓘ granting of most-favored-nation status to Japan in China ⓘ large indemnity payments from Qing China to Japan ⓘ opening of additional Chinese ports to Japanese trade ⓘ recognition of Korean independence from China ⓘ rise of Japan as a major imperial power ⓘ weakening of the Qing dynasty ⓘ
signatory	Empire of Japan ⓘ linked to: Japan Qing dynasty ⓘ
signedBy	Empire of Japan ⓘ linked to: Japan Qing dynasty ⓘ
signedDuringReignOf	Emperor Meiji ⓘ Guangxu Emperor ⓘ
signedInBuilding	Shunpanrō ⓘ
stipulated	commercial privileges for Japan in China ⓘ independence of Korea from Chinese suzerainty ⓘ territorial cessions by Qing China to Japan ⓘ war indemnity to be paid by Qing China ⓘ
subjectOf	diplomatic history of the First Sino-Japanese War ⓘ historical studies on imperialism in East Asia ⓘ
yearSigned	1895 ⓘ

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Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taiwan under Japanese rule → hasCause → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Taiwan under Japanese rule → significantEvent → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

First Sino-Japanese War → treaty → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

First Sino-Japanese War → consequence → Triple Intervention forcing Japan to return Liaodong Peninsula ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Treaty of Shimonoseki → alsoKnownAs → Shimonoseki Treaty ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Governor-General of Taiwan → legalBasis → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Pescadores Islands → cededUnderTreaty → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Japanese colonial empire → significantEvent → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Formosa → cededInTreaty → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Korean Empire → independenceRecognizedBy → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Battle of Weihaiwei → followedBy → Treaty of Shimonoseki negotiations ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Liaodong Peninsula → wasCededInTreaty → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Treaty of Portsmouth → precededBy → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Li Hongzhang → notableWork → negotiation of the Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Shimonoseki → treatySignedHere → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Treaty of Maguan → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Treaty of Maguan → alsoKnownAs → Shimonoseki Treaty ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Triple Intervention → relatedToTreaty → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Shunpanrō → associatedEvent → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Shunpanrō → treatySignedHere → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Battle of the Yalu River → relatedEvent → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Korean theater of the First Sino-Japanese War → relatedTo → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Li Hongzhang → signedTreaty → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

subject linked to: Li Chung-chang

Kwantung Government-General → establishedAsAResultOf → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Treaties of the Republic of China → hasPart → Treaty of Shimonoseki revision agreements ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Maguan Tiaoyue → ChineseNameOf → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Maguan Tiaoyue → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Maguan Tiaoyue → alsoKnownAs → Shimonoseki Treaty ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Maguan → notableFor → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Maguan → significantEvent → Signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Maguan → hasHistoricalSignificance → Cession of Taiwan and the Pescadores from Qing China to Japan ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

大日本帝国 → 主要な条約 → 下関条約 ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Shimonoseki City → historicalEvent → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Shimonoseki City → treatySigned → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

Japan–Taiwan relations → hasHistoricalEvent → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

春帆楼 → significantEvent → 下関条約調印 ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

春帆楼 → treatySigned → 下関条約 ⓘ

linked to: Treaty of Shimonoseki

Qing and Japanese military intervention in Joseon → relatedTo → Treaty of Shimonoseki ⓘ

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