Online dictionary of history and traditions in Japan: Commodore Perry

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Commodore Perry

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alternative words: Matthew Calbraith Perry, Perry, Matthew Perry
keywords: famous person , foreigner , military man
related topics: Edo shogunate , Kanagawa treaty , Sakoku , Black ship
related web sites: http://www.lint.ne.jp/~meirokun/perry.htm , http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~iwat/zenshi-2/zenshi-2.html
explanation: American marine officer, born in 1794. With the mission to establish a diplomatic relationship with Japan, he arrived on July 8, 1853 at Uraga near Tokyo with 4 battle ships. He asked Edo shogunate to open harbors by giving a credential letter of the American president. He promised to return back next year to get the official answer. So he came back in February 1854. Before his coercive attitude, Japan had to sign Kanakawa treaty by breaking 2 century old seclusion policy. He died in 1858.