Convention of Kanagawa

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The Convention of Kanagawa was an 1854 treaty between Japan and the United States that ended Japan’s isolationist policy by opening select ports to American vessels and establishing diplomatic relations.

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Convention of Kanagawa canonical 9
Treaty of Kanagawa 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity ⓘ
Treaty of Kanagawa ⓘ
changedPolicy ended strict sakoku isolation toward the United States ⓘ
countryInvolved Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 1854-03-31 ⓘ
effect ended Japan’s isolationist policy toward the United States ⓘ
established a U.S. consulate in Japan ⓘ
granted protection and good treatment for shipwrecked American sailors ⓘ
initiated the opening of Japan to Western powers ⓘ
opened Japanese ports to American ships ⓘ
followedBy Harris Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan ⓘ
historicalContext gunboat diplomacy ⓘ
late Edo period ⓘ
influenced subsequent unequal treaties between Japan and Western powers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
legalStatus unequal treaty ⓘ
negotiatedBy Matthew C. Perry ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
openedPort Hakodate ⓘ
Shimoda ⓘ
partOf opening of Japan ⓘ
precededBy arrival of Commodore Perry’s Black Ships in Japan ⓘ
providedFor appointment of a U.S. consul at Shimoda ⓘ
most-favored-nation treatment for the United States in Japan ⓘ
supply of coal and provisions to American ships ⓘ
purpose to establish diplomatic relations between Japan and the United States ⓘ
to open Japanese ports to American vessels ⓘ
region East Asia ⓘ
relatedToPolicy sakoku ⓘ
signatory Japan ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
signedBy Commodore Matthew C. Perry ⓘ
representatives of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
signedIn Japan ⓘ
Kanagawa ⓘ
linked to: Kanagawa Prefecture
signedOnBehalfOf Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
subjectMatter diplomatic relations ⓘ
trade access ⓘ
treatment of shipwrecked sailors ⓘ
yearSigned 1854 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Tokugawa shogunate → signedTreaty → Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ
Matthew Calbraith Perry → notableEvent → Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ
Matthew Calbraith Perry → signed → Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ
Japan–United States relations → keyTreaty → Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ
Convention of Kanagawa → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Kanagawa ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Kanagawa
sakoku → effectivelyEndedBy → Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ
Harris Treaty of 1858 → followed → Treaty of Kanagawa ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Kanagawa
U.S. naval expedition to Japan → result → Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ
U.S. naval expedition to Japan → treatySigned → Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ
Shimoda → treatyInvolved → Treaty of Kanagawa ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Kanagawa
Perry Expedition → significantEvent → Convention of Kanagawa ⓘ
Perry Expedition → notableDocumentSigned → Treaty of Kanagawa ⓘ
linked to: Convention of Kanagawa