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Treaty of Kanagawa – Part 5: How one signature changed Japan—and the world
It began with a fleet in Edo Bay and a signature at Kanagawa. But the true legacy of the Treaty of Kanagawa would be measured not in ink, but in transformation. Over the decades that followed, Japan would rise from isolation to power, and the Pacific world would never be the same. The Treaty of Kanagawa was modest in its text: two ports opened, a consulate permitted, and fair treatment for shipwrecked sailors.
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