the united states opened japan to trade with the treaty of kanagawa.
who opened japan to trade with the treaty of kanagawa?
the united states
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in 1854, convention of kanagawa (日米和親条約, "nichi-bei washin jōyaku", "america-japan treaty of amity and friendship") was concluded between u.s. and japan, anglo-japanese friendship treaty (日英和親条約, "nichi-ei washin jōyaku") was concluded between britain and japan, and treaty of shimoda (日露和親条約, "nichi-ro washin jōyaku") was concluded between russia and japan. the treaties opened the japanese ports of shimoda (in shizuoka prefecture), hakodate (in hokkaido prefecture) and nagasaki to the trade. in 1858, treaty of amity and commerce (united states – japan) (日米修好通商条約).was concluded between u.s. and japan and opened the port of kanagawa, but soon the port of yokohama (横浜), which is close to kanagawa, opened for the trade with foreign countries in exchange to the port of kanagawa. the trade based on these treaties began in 1858 at yokohama, nagasaki and hakodate. this is called "kaikoku" (開国, to open the nation for foreign countries and trades) in japanese language. thanks to "kaikoku", more and more cameras and other photography-related equipment and materials had been imported to japan. further some foreign photographers, such as felix beato came to japan and took many photographs of japan.
photography in japan