Edo period

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black ships (1853/54)
黒 船 kurofune


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Tôkyô Bay in 1854

In 1853 Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed into Uraga in Tôkyô Bay and asked that Japan opened itself to foreign trade. Next March 1954, he returned to Japan wit a squadron of nine ships (3 steam ships) to press his demands. Two ships were dispatched to Shimoda to investigate whether it could supply the water, charcoal and other materials needed by the American vessels. After the conclusion of the Treaty of Kanagawa, seven of Perrry´s ships entered the port of Shimoda.


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Shimoda City + harbour
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Shimoda city + harbour  (2)
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memorial stone - squadron of Commodore Perry
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memorial stone - arrival of Commodore Perry´s squadron  (2)
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Commodore Perry - Shimoda harbour  (3)
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Shimoda harbour - tourist boat
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Shimoda harbour - tourist boat  (2)
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Shimoda harbour - tourist boat  (3)
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Townsend Harris (1804-1878)

Diplomat who negotiated first treaty under international law between Japan und the US = "Harris Treaty" (July 29, 1858).
The Treaty stipulates that Japan accept the posting of a U.S. diplomatic envoy in Edo (today Tôkyô) and the opening of four ports:
Kanagawa, Niigata, Hyôgo and Nagasaki and in addition Hakodate
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memorial plate - Townsend Harris (1804-78)
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monument - Townsend Harris - US consul in Japan (1856-61)
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monument - Townsend Harris  (2)
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Townsend Harris opens 1857 a consulate at the Gyokusen-ji temple
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Gyokusen-ji temple - graves of American and Russian sailors
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US President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) + Emporer Meiji  (1852-1912)
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statue of Yoshida Shôin (1830-59)
forerunner of the Meiji Restauration
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grave of Henry Heusken in Kôrin-ji temple
translator of Townsend Harris, assassinated 1861
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commemorative plaque - US president
Jimmy Carter visits Shimoda in June 1979
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