Convention of Kanagawa

The Foreign Treaty That Hastened The End of the Samurai

Mar 31, 2023

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The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty, Japan’s first treaty with a Western nation, and one that signified the beginning of the end of the samurai, was signed on this day, March 31, 1854.

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Convention of Kanagawa

The Foreign Treaty That Hastened The End of the Samurai

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