Perry, an officer of the highest rank in the navy of the United States, and commander of the squadron now visiting Your imperial majesty's dominions. I send you this public letter by Commodore Matthew C. President of the United States of America (presented by Commodore Perry on July 14, 1853) President Millard Fillmore’s letter to the Emperor of Japan Japan went overnight from a backwards medieval society to an Imperialistic Empire that would soon take on other world powers, and win, until ultimately being checked by the very nation that helped them rise in power, the United States.President Fillmore’s letter to the Emperor of Japan, delivered July 14, 1853Ĭommodore Perry’s letter to Senior Councillor Hayashi, March 10, 1854 As a result of open trade, the Shogunate collapsed, and with the Meiji Restoration, the return to power of the Emperor, which still remains today. An interesting consequence for Japan, the Treaty modernized the Nation, perhaps developing faster than any nation, including the U.S. Later, more ports would follow, and open trade would soon come to Japan. The Japanese also opened up the harbor of Nagasaki so that American ships could re-coal, and resupply.
Under the Treaty, they promised to save American sailors, or else. So, what did the Treaty entail? For many years, any shipwrecked foreigners were usually killed right away by the Japanese. It is this good faith agreement that would keep Japan for the Japanese, protect them from being carved up like China, and would later see the rise of what was to be called the Empire of Japan. went into the deal on a 50 – 50 strategy. Japan was an unknown quantity of goods for any country looking for trade, and the U.S. As American Naval Power increased the Nations reach into Asia, the United States found themselves a little late to the game of trade in the Far East.
The Treaty officially opened Japan, which had been closed off for some 200 hundred years to most foreigners. It was just 166 years ago today, March 31, 1854, when Commodore Perry and the Shogunate of Japan signed the Treaty of Kanagawa.
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