Convention of Kanagawa

When

31 Mar 1864

Kind

Treaty

Coordinates

35.45° N, 139.63° E

Description

treaty

1854 US–Tokugawa shogunate treaty

The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty or the Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity , was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March 31, 1854. Signed under threat of force, it effectively meant the end of Japan's 220-year-old policy of national seclusion by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels.

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