Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan

E624573

bilateral treaty international agreement

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan was an 1858 agreement that opened Japan to extensive American trade and diplomatic relations, marking a key step in ending Japan’s isolationist policies.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan canonical	3
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Harris Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ US–Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1858) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countrySignatory	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateSigned	1858-07-29 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1859 ⓘ
followedBy	similar treaties between Japan and European powers ⓘ
granted	freedom of religion for Americans in treaty ports ⓘ rights of residence and trade to American citizens in designated ports ⓘ
historicalContext	end of Japan’s isolationist sakoku policy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Bakumatsu period NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	Meiji Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
legalStatus	unequal in favor of the United States ⓘ
limited	Japanese tariff autonomy ⓘ
locationSigned	Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedPorts	Edo NERFINISHED ⓘ Hyōgo NERFINISHED ⓘ Kanagawa NERFINISHED ⓘ Niigata NERFINISHED ⓘ Osaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
openedPorts	Nagasaki NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	unequal treaties imposed on Tokugawa Japan ⓘ
precededBy	Convention of Kanagawa NERFINISHED ⓘ
providedFor	establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan ⓘ extraterritorial rights for American citizens in Japan ⓘ fixed low import and export tariffs ⓘ most-favored-nation status for the United States in Japan ⓘ opening of Japanese ports to American trade ⓘ residence of American diplomats in Japan ⓘ
replacedBy	later equal treaties after revision of unequal treaties in the late 19th century ⓘ
signedBy	Hotta Masayoshi NERFINISHED ⓘ Iijima Kyūzaemon NERFINISHED ⓘ Inoue Masanosuke NERFINISHED ⓘ Mizuno Tadanori NERFINISHED ⓘ Okabe Suruga-no-kami NERFINISHED ⓘ Townsend Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsuchiya Sagami-no-kami NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	consular jurisdiction ⓘ diplomatic relations ⓘ foreign trade regulation ⓘ tariff policy ⓘ
triggered	domestic opposition within Japan ⓘ
yearSigned	1858 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Townsend Harris → notableWork → Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan ⓘ

Emperor Kōmei → opposed → Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States

Ii Naosuke → signedTreaty → Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan ⓘ

Convention of Kanagawa → followedBy → Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Japan ⓘ