3-728: The Ansei Treaties (Japanese: 安政条約) or the Ansei Five-Power Treaties (Japanese: 安政五カ国条約) are a series of treaties signed in 1858, during the Japanese Ansei era, between Japan on the one side, and the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Netherlands and France on the other. The first treaty, also called the Harris Treaty , was signed by the United States in July 1858, with France, Russia, Britain and
6-582: The Netherlands quickly followed within the year: Japan applied to the other nations the conditions granted to the United States under the "most favoured nation" provision. The most important points of these " unequal treaties " are: The five treaties known collectively as the Ansei Treaties were: Ansei Ansei ( 安政 ) was a Japanese era name ( 年号 , nengō , "year name") after Kaei and before Man'en . This period spanned
9-466: The years from November 1854 through March 1860. The reigning emperor was Kōmei -tennō ( 孝明天皇 ) . The new era name was derived from an hortatory aphorism: "Rule peacefully over the masses, then the ruler will remain in his place" (庶民 安政 、然後君子安位矣). Although the notion seems appealing, the arrival of the Black Ships and Commodore Matthew C. Perry is not specifically recognized as a factor in
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