Townsend Harris
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Townsend Harris was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the d
Townsend Harris in later life
Cast bronze plaque of Townsend Harris on the Harris Hall at City College of New York.
Townsend Harris had the US Legation relocate at the Zenpuku-ji Temple from 1859, following the Treaty of Amity and Commerce.
Townsend Harris monument in Zenpuku-ji
The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States, also called the Harris Treaty was a treaty signed between the United States and Tokugawa Shogunate, which opened the ports of Kana
Townsend Harris
…4, 1804 – February 25, 1878) was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period. Harris was…
Treaty of Amity and Commerce between Japan and the United States, or "Harris Treaty", 29 July 1858. Diplomatic Record Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
USS Powhatan (1850)
President James Buchanan welcomes the Japanese delegation at a White House gala celebrating the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce.