Black Ships (Kurofune)

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Commodore_Matthew_Perry
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Netherlands
gptkb:Portugal
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:depictedIn Japanese folklore
woodblock prints
gptkbp:effect start of Meiji Restoration
end of Japan's isolation
gptkbp:event 1853
1854
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Ships (Kurofune)
gptkbp:JapaneseName gptkb:黒船
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:location gptkb:Edo_Bay
gptkbp:nameOrigin black hulls of Western steamships
gptkbp:notableEvent arrival of Commodore Perry's fleet in 1853
gptkbp:refersTo Western vessels arriving in Japan in the 16th and 19th centuries
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Treaty_of_Kanagawa
gptkb:Tokugawa_shogunate
gptkb:Bakumatsu_period
gptkb:Perry_Expedition
gunboat diplomacy
Sakoku (closed country policy)
gptkbp:significance forced opening of Japan to foreign trade
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Shimoda_Park
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7