Japan- History 1883-73

NEW JAPAN,

THE

LAND OF THE RISING SUN;

ITS ANNALS DURING THE PAST TWENTY YEARS,

RECORDING THE REMARKABLE PROGRESS OF THE JAPANESE

IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION.

AUTHOR OF

BY SAMUEL MOSSMAN,

CHINA; ITS HISTORY, INSTITUTIONS, AND INHABITANTS,'

'OUR AUSTRALIAN COLONIES,'

ETC. ETC. ETC.

WITH MAP.

NEW YORK

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1873.

The right of Translation is reserved.

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1800

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

MOY WH

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

1853.

GENERAL ASPECT OF JAPAN TWENTY YEARS AGO-ISOLATION OF THE COUN-

TRY AND PEOPLE-DUTCH FACTORY AT DE-SIMA-COMMODORE PERRY'S

EXPEDITION FROM AMERICA AMICABLY RECEIVED.

CHAPTER II.

1854.

COMMODORE PERRY RENEWS FRIENDLY NEGOTIATIONS WITH AUTHORITIES

- FIRST TREATY CONCLUDED WITH AMERICA AT KANAGAWA-INTERCHANGE

OF PRESENTS-PORTS OF SIMODA AND HAKODADI OPENED

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CHAPTER III.

1855.

PAGE

ADMIRAL POUTIATINE, ENVOY FROM RUSSIA, ARRIVES - DESTRUCTION OF

ATTEMPT OF DUTCH ENVOY TO EXTEND OLD TREATY OF NAGASAKI UNSUC-

CESSFUL- JAPANESE HATRED OF FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE.

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CHAPTER V.

1858.

GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE CONCLUDE TREATIES OPENING THE PORTS OF

KANAGAWA, NAGASAKI, HAKODADI, HIOGO, OSAKA AND NEE-E-GATA

DEATH OF THE "TYCOON," OR SIOGOON

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