Talk:Convention of Kanagawa
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Treaty of Kanagawa: On March 31, 1854, the Treaty of Kanagawa was used by Commodore Matthew 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. For the Emperor to interact in any way with foreign barbarians was, of course, out of the question.
It is suggested in the article on the General Sherman Incident, that Japan only signed the convention under threat of force. This is not substantiated on any Wikipedia article that I have found and should be examined.
