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Treaty between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan. Concluded March 31 1854; Ratified August 7 1854; Proclaimed June 22 1855.

1855876DLLAMJKGSWashington D.C. 1855. Folio. Original printed self-wrappers stitched. Signed in type by Franklin Pierce as President and by W. L. Marcy as Secretary of State. 5 1 blank pp. Second recorded copy of the Kanagawa Treaty of Friendship resulting in the opening of Japan to trade with the West. The American expection to open Japan was undertaken at the suggestion of its leader Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry 1794-1858. ''The key document caried by Perry to Japan was a letter to the Emperor from President Fillmore in which the President requested Japan to open relations cooperate in the development of trade assist distressed whalers and provide bunkering and supplies for ships on the California to China run. The Treaty of Friendship 1854 negotiated by Perry provided for 'perfect permanent and universal piece' and it contained assurances that the Japanese would meet the demands of the United States for safe haven and acces to naval supplies. Two ports Shimoda and Hakodate were to be openened for this purpose and Americans using them were to be allowed to exhange gold and silver for goods 'under regulations for this purpose' and were not to be subject to restrictions on movement as stringent as those applied to the Dutch and Chinese. The treaty does not include provisions for the development of normal foreign trade'' Howe but it did provide for the stationing of American consuls in Japan of which the first was Townshend Harris 1804-1878 an avid student of Engelbert Kaempfer who played an important part in the early economic education of Japanese leadership and among others was the negotiator of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1857 which granted the Americans extraterritorial rights. Fine copy. Extremely rare document concerning the opening of Japan to trade with the West and an important Americanum as well.l Howe The origins of Japanese trade supremacy London 1999 pp. 73-74; WorldCat and RLIN 1 copy in Harvard; not in Cordier Japonica; the Library of Congress; Nipponalia; NUC; Sabin. unknown

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