Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
Harris Treaty (1858)
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29 Jul 1858 — On the authority of the shogun’s chief minister, Ii Naosuke, commissioners sign the commercial treaty aboard USS Powhatan in Edo Bay, although the emperor has refused his consent. Ii then purges the treaty’s critics, and within two years he is assassinated outside Edo Castle.
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- Black Ships and the opening of Japan (chapter 2 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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