- See also
- Notes
- References
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}The {{Nihongo|Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|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 (Tokugawa shogunate). This was an unequal treaty, that gave Japan semi-colonial status. The concessions which Japan made 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.
See also- Anglo-Japanese Alliance
- Ansei Treaties
- Japan-United Kingdom relations
- Harris Treaty
- James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin
- Unequal treaty
NotesReferences- Auslin, Michael R. (2004). [https://books.google.com/books?id=bS3w6tGiraEC&dq= Negotiating with Imperialism: The Unequal Treaties and the Culture of Japanese Diplomacy.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01521-0}}; OCLC 56493769
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