Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce
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The was signed on August 26, 1858 by Lord Elgin
and the then representatives of the Japanese government (Tokugawa shogunate
). This was an unequal treaty
, that gave Japan semi-colonial status.
The concessions which Japan made were threefold:
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
Sir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
and the then representatives of the Japanese government (Tokugawa shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate
The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the and the , was a feudal regime of Japan established by Tokugawa Ieyasu and ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family. This period is known as the Edo period and gets its name from the capital city, Edo, which is now called Tokyo, after the name was...
). This was an unequal treaty
Unequal Treaties
“Unequal treaty” is a term used in specific reference to a number of treaties imposed by Western powers, during the 19th and early 20th centuries, on Qing Dynasty China and late Tokugawa Japan...
, that gave Japan semi-colonial status.
The concessions which Japan made were threefold:
- A representative of the British government would be permitted to reside at Yedo.
- Hakodate, Kanagawa and Nagasaki were to be opened to British commerce on July 1, 1859 and British subjects could travel within a range of 25 miles of each port. Hyogo would open on January 1, 1863.
- British subjects would be allowed to reside in Yedo from January 1, 1862, and OsakaOsakais a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
from January 1, 1863.
See also
- Ansei TreatiesAnsei TreatiesThe Ansei Treaties or the Ansei Five-Power Treaties are a series of treaties signed in 1858, during the Japanese Ansei era, between Japan on the one side, and the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Netherlands and France on the other...
- Anglo-Japanese relationsAnglo-Japanese relationsThe history of the relationship between Britain and Japan began in 1600 with the arrival of William Adams on the shores of Kyūshū at Usuki in Ōita Prefecture...
- Harris Treaty
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginJames Bruce, 8th Earl of ElginSir James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, KT, GCB, PC , was a British colonial administrator and diplomat...
- Unequal TreatiesUnequal Treaties“Unequal treaty” is a term used in specific reference to a number of treaties imposed by Western powers, during the 19th and early 20th centuries, on Qing Dynasty China and late Tokugawa Japan...