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	Kanagawa Prefecture Summary
		Kanagawa Prefecture is situated in the central region of Japan's island of Honshu, where it occupies an area of 2,403 square kilometers.
		Commodore Matthew Perry landed in Kanagawa in 1853 and 1854, and signed the Convention of Kanagawa to force open Japanese ports to the United States.
		Kanagawa is a relatively small prefecture wedged between Tokyo on the north, the foothills of Mount Fuji on the northwest, and the Pacific Ocean and Tokyo Bay on the south and east.
	www.bookrags.com /Kanagawa_Prefecture (731 words)

	History of Japan
		This isolation lasted for 200 years, until Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy achieved the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
		Following the Treaty of Kanagawa with the United States in 1854, Japan opened its ports and began to intensively modernize and industrialize.
		During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Japan became a regional power that was able to defeat the forces of both China and Russia.
	infotut.com /geography/Japan (2004 words)

	1854
		March 31 - Commodore Matthew Perry signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
		July 6 - In Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the U.S. Republican Party is held.
		Frederick Augustus Albert succeeds to the throne of Saxony
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/18/1854.html (278 words)

	Kanagawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One of the most famous Ukiyo-e paintings is In the Hollow of a Wave off the Coast at Kanagawa by Hokusai.
		The work also includes a dramatization of the Convention of Kanagawa.
		Kanagawa · Kōchi · Kumamoto · Kyoto · Mie · Miyagi · Miyazaki · Nagano · Nagasaki · Nara · Niigata · Ōita · Okayama · Okinawa · Osaka · Saga · Saitama · Shiga · Shimane · Shizuoka · Tochigi · Tokushima · Tokyo · Tottori · Toyama · Wakayama · Yamagata · Yamaguchi · Yamanashi
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture (731 words)

	Qwika - Convention de Kanagawa
		of Shimoda and of Hakodate with the Americans with convention of Kanagawa.
		While the Japanese translation specified that the consul could come if the two countries considered it necessary...
		Nevertheless this convention, in spite of the fact that it was obtained by the intimidation, will open the way on the signature of the treaty signed it
	wikipedia.qwika.com /fr2en/Convention_de_Kanagawa (170 words)

	1854 - Free net encyclopedia
		March 31 - Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy, signs the Treaty/Convention of Kanagawa with the Japanese government, to be precise, Tokugawa Shogunate, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
		June 21 - In the battle at Bomarsund in Г…land, Royal Navy mate Charles D. Lucas throws a live Russian artillery shell overboard by hand before it explodes - the incident is the first that will be retroactively awarded the Victoria Cross in 1857.
		July 13 - In the battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/1854 (1175 words)

	Ann & Thomas Portal
		Nearing the end of this period, swords had recovered enough quality that they were no longer referred to as 'shinto', but the more respectful 'shin-shinto'.
		Japan remained in stasis until Matthew Perry's arrival in 1853 and the subsequent Convention of Kanagawa forcibly reintroduced Japan to the outside world; the rapid modernization of the Meiji Restoration soon followed.
		The Haitorei edict in 1876 all but banned carrying swords and guns on streets, making samurai less distinguishable from commoners.
	www.jump-gate.com /atportal/samurai/history_of_the_japanese_sword.shtml (762 words)

	Convention of Kanagawa - Commodore Perry's Attempt to Open Trade
		On March 31, 1854, the Convention of Kanagawa was used by Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the U.S. Navy to force the opening of the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade.
		Though he refused to deal with petty Japanese officials and demanded to speak with the Japanese Head of State, Perry did not realize that he had only spoken with representatives of the Tokugawa Shogun and not the Emperor.
		After the Treaty of Kanagawa was concluded, similar treaties were negotiated by the Russians and the British.
	www.japan-101.com /history/convention_of_kanagawa.htm (203 words)

	United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The United States Navy established itself as a player in American foreign policy through the actions of Commodore Matthew Perry in Japan, which resulted in the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
		It is headquartered at Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan with USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) as its flagship.
		Amphibious transport docks are named for cities, except for USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19), named for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, and two of the three ships named in memory of the September 11, 2001 attacks: USS New York (LPD-21), for the state of New York, and USS Somerset (LPD-25) for Somerset County, Pennsylvania.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/United_States_Navy (8974 words)

	Convention de Kanagawa - Wikipédia
		Le 31 mars 1854, le Commodore Matthew Perry força l'ouverture des ports japonais de Shimoda et de Hakodate aux Américains avec la convention de Kanagawa.
		Néanmoins cette convention, bien qu'elle ait été obtenue par l'intimidation, a ouvert la voie sur la signature du traité signé le 14 août 1858, qui a défini les termes de l'ouverture du Japon au commerce.
		De plus, elle a permis aux Britanniques, aux Hollandais, aux Français et aux Russes d'obtenir peu après des conventions similaires.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Convention_de_Kanagawa (206 words)

	The Avalon Project : American Diplomacy - 1778 to the Present
		1788 - France : Convention Defining and Establishing the Functions and Privileges of Consuls and Vice Consuls, signed at Versailles November 14, 1788.
		1844 - Hesse : Convention for the Mutual Abolition of the Droit d'Aubaine and Taxes on Emigration Between the United States of America and the Grand Duchy of Hesse; March 26
		1845 - Bavaria : Convention for the Mutual Abolition of the Droit d'Aubaine and Taxes on Emigration Between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of Bavaria; January 21
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/amerdipl.htm (2133 words)

	Japan: A Country Profile with Map
		Eventually, the shogunate forced all foreigners to leave and barred contact with the world outside, with one exception: tightly restricted commerce with Dutch and Chinese merchants at Nagasaki.
		The isolation persisted for 200 years until Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy forced Japan to open contact with the west under the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
		The consequences of Japan's renewal of contact with the West were to prove enormous.
	gbgm-umc.org /asia-pacific/japan/jprofile.html (1972 words)

	CONVENTION OF KANAGAWA Articles from AMAZINES.COM - The Article Database and EZine Publishers Database
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	Background Notes: Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This culminated in the expulsion of all foreigners and the severing of all relations with the outside world, except severely restricted commercial contacts with Dutch and Chinese merchants at Nagasaki.
		As US forces were withdrawn, the Japanese SDF expanded its capabilities and has assumed primary responsibility for the immediate conventional defense of Japan.
		-- Pledge to begin negotiations, to be completed by 1992, on a global forest convention to protect the world's forests.
	gopher.state.gov /ERC/bgnotes/eap/japan9012.html (5711 words)

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		The Japan shoguns eventually banned all foreigners and the country was isolated for over 200 years.
		Not until 1854 did Japan open its doors to the world under the Convention of Kanagawa with the United States.
		Once this occurred, Japan quickly evolved from a feudal state to a more modern approach.
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	Ask Wizards - December, 2004
		In your case, I got this Ask on 10/27.
		Q: "Is the Kamigawa in 'Champions of Kamigawa' in any way a reference to the Convention of Kanagawa, where the opening of Japan to the Western world was achieved?
		Kanagawa is the name of the Japanese prefecture that contains the city of Yokohama, where the treaty you mention was signed.
	www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=mtgcom/askwizards/1204 (3438 words)

	Background Notes on Selected East Asian and Pacific Countries from the Department of State
		Disputes over former treaties and the Chinese boarding of the British ship Arrow started the Second Opium War (also known as the Lorcha Arrow War), which lasted from 1856 to 1858.
		The Convention of Beijing, signed in 1860, formally ended the hostilities and granted the British a perpetual lease on the Kowloon Peninsula.
		The United Kingdom was concerned that Hong Kong could not be defended unless surrounding areas were also under British control; in 1898, it executed a 99-year lease of the New Territories, significantly expanding the size of the Hong Kong colony.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/SDBNAsia.html (21558 words)

	Congressional Serial Set: Hidden Treasures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In every port Perry and his officers wrote voluminously of peoples, customs, commerce and science.
		His expedition led to the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
		A description of his journeys appears in Documents 802-804 (33rd Congress, 2d Session, House Executive Document 97).
	www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/sersetweb/serset5.html (137 words)

	ArtSavant - features - M. Butterfly - Chrysanthemum for Butterfly
		It was 1898, and Long lived in Philadelphia.
		Japan’s isolation had ended with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.
		Japanese culture had been popular in America ever since.
	artsavant.com /features/mbutterflychrysanthemum.html (644 words)

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