Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce
1858 treaty between the United Kingdom and Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce (The Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce, between Queen Victoria and the tycoon of Japan[1], 日英修好通商条約, Nichi-Ei Shūkō Tsūshō Jōyaku) was signed on 26 August 1858 by Lord Elgin and the then representatives of the Japanese government (the Tokugawa shogunate), and was ratified between Queen Victoria and the Tycoon of Japan at Yedo on 11 July 1859.
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The concessions which Japan made in the treaty were threefold:
- A representative of the British government would be permitted to reside at Edo.
- Hakodate, Kanagawa and Nagasaki were to be opened to British commerce on 1 July 1859 and British subjects could travel within a range of 25 miles of each port. Hyogo would open on 1 January 1863.
- British subjects would be allowed to reside in Edo from 1 January 1862 and Osaka from 1 January 1863.