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222: 57: 488: 235: 430:, Perry returned with a fleet of eight of the fearsome Black Ships, to demonstrate the power of the United States navy, and to lend weight to his announcement that he would not leave again, until he had a treaty. In the interim, after a debate by officials the Japanese government had decided to avoid war and agree to a treaty with the United States. 415:, roaring black smoke into the air and capable of moving under their own power, deeply frightened the Japanese. Perry ignored the requests arriving from the shore that he should move to Nagasaki—the official port for trade with the outside—and threatened in turn to take his ships directly to 446:. Perry refused certain conditions of the treaty but agreed to defer their resolution to a later time, and finally establishing formal diplomatic relations between Japan and the United States. The fleet departed, leaving behind a 210:
Their arrival marked the reopening of the country to political dialogue after more than two hundred years of self-imposed isolation. Trade with Western nations followed five years later with the
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was signed with the United States on July 29, 1858, and within five years of the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity, Japan had moved to sign treaties with other Western countries.
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blamed on the Christian influence was suppressed. Portuguese traders and Jesuit missionaries faced progressively tighter restrictions, and were confined to the island of
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In 1543 Portuguese traders arrived in Japan initiating the first contacts with the West. Soon they established a trade route linking their headquarters in
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term) were the names given to both Portuguese merchant ships and American warships arriving in Japan in the 16th and 19th centuries respectively.
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period of more than 200 years in which trading with Japan had been permitted to the Dutch, Koreans, Chinese, and Ainu exclusively.
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sent four warships into the bay at Edo and threatened to attack if Japan did not begin trade with the West. The ships were
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mission in Japan. Christianity spread, mingled with the new trade, making 300,000 converts among peasants and some
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Commodore Perry's show of military force was the principal factor in negotiating a treaty allowing American
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Diplomacy Far Removed: A Reinterpretation of the U.S. Decision to Open Diplomatic Relations with Japan
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The surprise and fear inspired by the first visit of the Black Ships are described in this famous
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caught up in the turmoil that swept Japan in the waning years of the Tokugawa shogunate".
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State and Diplomacy in Early Modern Japan: Asia in the Development of the Tokugawa Bakufu
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urged Japan to also open the mainland to trade, but was rejected. On July 8, 1853, the
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Narrative of the expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, 1856
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was maintained. The Sakoku policy remained in effect until 1853 with the arrival of
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celebrating the arrival of the Blackships and the opening of Japan to the world.
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Doing Business With Japan: Successful Strategies for Intercultural Communication
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The Portuguese empire in Asia, 1500–1700: a political and economic history
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by the Portuguese, engaged in this trade had the hull painted black with
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also means 'four vessels'. The poem, therefore, has a hidden meaning:
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initiated the first contacts, establishing a trade route linking
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and premiering in 1940, "based on the story of Tojin Okichi, a
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There is an alternative translation, based on the pivot words.
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Commodore Perry's fleet for his second visit to Japan in 1854.
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means 'four cups', so a literal translation of the poem is:
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is also the title of the first Japanese opera, composed by
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Brooklyn Museum – Commodore Matthew Perry's "Black Ship"
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a rebellion blamed on the influence of Christian thought
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Meiji 1868: Revolution and Counter Revolution in Japan
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Meiji 1868: Revolution and Counter Revolution in Japan
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engaged in this trade had the hull painted black with
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A History of Portuguese Overseas Expansion: 1400–1668
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A visit to India, China, and Japan in the year 1853
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16th-19th-century Japanese term for Western vessels
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Index

Kurofune
Jo Graham
The Black Ships (band)
Black Ships Before Troy
Kurofune (opera)
Kurofune (horse)

Commodore Matthew Perry
Japanese
romanized
Edo period
Portuguese
Goa
Nagasaki
carracks
pitch
a rebellion blamed on the influence of Christian thought
Tokugawa shogunate
isolationist
Sakoku
Dejima
William II of the Netherlands
U.S. Navy
Mississippi
Plymouth
Saratoga
Susquehanna
Expedition for the opening of Japan
Commodore
Matthew Perry

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