Treaty of Shimoda

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bilateral treaty historical event international agreement

The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Shimoda canonical	5
Russo-Japanese Treaty of 1855	1
Sakhalin–Kuril Exchange Treaty	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ historical event ⓘ international agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ surface form: Russo-Japanese Treaty of 1855
borderProvision	Urup and islands to the north recognized as Russian ⓘ Southern Kurils ⓘ surface form: southern Kuril Islands (Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, Habomai) recognized as Japanese
countrySignatory	Japan ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
dateSigned	1855-02-07 ⓘ
definedBorderInRegion	Kuril Islands ⓘ Sakhalin (ambiguous status) ⓘ
established	formal diplomatic relations between the Russian Empire and Japan ⓘ
grantedRight	limited extraterritorial rights for Russian citizens in Japan ⓘ residence of a Russian consul in Japan ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	superseded by later Russo-Japanese treaties ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Edo period ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalEffect	first formal Russo-Japanese border agreement ⓘ first treaty establishing official relations between Russia and Japan ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Japanese Tokugawa shogunate officials ⓘ Yevfimiy Putyatin ⓘ
openedPort	Hakodate ⓘ Port of Nagasaki ⓘ surface form: Nagasaki Shimoda ⓘ
partOf	Japan–Soviet relations ⓘ surface form: Russo-Japanese relations
precedes	Treaty of Portsmouth ⓘ Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)
providedFor	opening of Japanese ports to Russian ships ⓘ
regionAffected	East Asia ⓘ surface form: Far East Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific
relatedTo	opening of Japan to foreign powers ⓘ unequal treaties with Japan ⓘ
signedAt	Shimoda ⓘ
signedInCountry	Japan ⓘ
signedUnderGovernment	Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
statusOfSakhalin	left undefined and shared between Russia and Japan ⓘ
subject	consular representation ⓘ navigation rights ⓘ territorial delimitation in the Kuril Islands ⓘ trade rights ⓘ
yearSigned	1855 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Kuril Islands → hasHistoricalTreaty → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ

Sakhalin Island → historicalTreaty → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ

Northern Territories dispute → legalReference → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ

Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

this entity surface form: Sakhalin–Kuril Exchange Treaty

Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 → follows → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)

Treaty of Shimoda → alsoKnownAs → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russo-Japanese Treaty of 1855

Northern Territories → relatedTreaty → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ