Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
Emperor Kōmei rejects the Harris Treaty (1858)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “The court refuses”
Spring 1858 — Emperor Kōmei, who has never met a foreigner, refuses to approve the Harris treaty. For the first time in two centuries the court in Kyoto openly opposes the shogun on a question of state, and every opponent of the treaties now gathers around it.
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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