Perry Expedition to Japan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Perry_Expedition_to_Japan

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:diplomat
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Black_Ships_Expedition gptkb:Perry_Expedition
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	monuments in Japan and the U.S.
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:destination	gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:endDate	1854
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Perry Expedition to Japan
gptkbp:impact	increased Western influence in Japan stimulated modernization in Japan
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Commodore_Matthew_C._Perry
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Uraga gptkb:Edo_Bay gptkb:Hakodate gptkb:Shimoda
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:signing_of_Convention_of_Kanagawa arrival at Edo Bay presentation of letter from U.S. President
gptkbp:precededBy	failed attempts by other Western nations
gptkbp:purpose	open Japan to trade
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Tokugawa_Ieyoshi gptkb:Meiji_Restoration gptkb:Abe_Masahiro gptkb:Millard_Fillmore gptkb:Bakumatsu_period
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Convention_of_Kanagawa
gptkbp:shipsInvolved	gptkb:USS_Plymouth gptkb:USS_Susquehanna gptkb:USS_Mississippi gptkb:USS_Saratoga
gptkbp:significance	end of Japan's isolation (sakoku) beginning of U.S.-Japan relations
gptkbp:startDate	1852
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Convention_of_Kanagawa
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Matthew_C._Perry gptkb:USS_Susquehanna gptkb:USS_Mississippi_(1841) gptkb:Gunboat_diplomacy gptkb:Matthew_Calbraith_Perry
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6