1856 Antique Engravings - Hakodate & Nagasaki, Japan

Description: Two full pages of original engravings published in The Illustrated London News magazine dated January 26, 1856 entitled as follows: "Gateway and Belfry at Hakodade" - see below "Temple at Hakodade" "Temple at Hakodade" "temple and Burial Place at Hakodade" "Street in Hakodade and funeral procession" "English and Russian Burial-ground in Nagasaki, secured by Treaty, November 1855" "Japanese Officials on board "The Winchester" at Nagasaki" "Omedsk and Obungo at Nagasaki" These were scenes at the ratification of a treaty between Japan and Great Britain signed in October, 1855 in Nagasaki - see below Good condition with related text - see scans. These are original antique prints and not reproductions . Great collectors item for the historian - see more of these in Seller's Other Items which can be combined for postage. Note: International mailing in a tube is expensive ($16.50). The quoted international postage assumes the pages are lightly folded and sent in a reinforced envelope History: 1854 Anglo-Japanese Treaty Great Britain and Japan signed a treaty of friendship in Nagasaki just months after Perry left the Islands. It established the relation between the two countries and secured the opening of Japan for resupply. Explore the contents of the convention. CONVENTION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN, SIGNED AT NAGASAKI IN THE ENLISH AND JAPANESE LANGUAGE, OCTOBER 14, 1854, RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT NAGASAKI OCTOBER 9, 1855 It is agreed between Sir James Sterling, knight, rear admiral, and commander-in-chief of the ships and vessels of her Britannic Majesty in the East Indies and seas adjacent, and Mezi-no Chekfusno Kami, Obm yo of Nagasaki, and Nagai Evan Ocho, Omedski of Nagasaki, ordered by his Imperial Highness the Emperor of Japan to act herein, that – 1. The ports of Nagasaki (Fisen) and Hakodadi (Matsmai) shall be open to British ships for the purposes of effecting repairs and obtaining fresh water, provisions, and other supplies of any sort they may absolutely want for the use of the ships. 2. Nagasaki shall be open for the purposes aforesaid from and after the present date, and Hakodadi from and after the end of fifty days from the admiral’s departure from this port. The rules and regulations of each other these ports are to be complied with. 3. Only ships in distress from weather, or unmanageable, will be permitted to enter other ports than those specified in the foregoing articles, without permission from the Imperial government. 4. British ships in Japanese ports shall conform to the laws of Japan. If high officers or commanders of ships shall break any such laws, it will lead to the ports being closed. Should inferior persons break them, they are to be delivered over to the commanders of their ships for punishment. 5. In the ports of Japan, either now open or which may hereafter be opened to the ships or subjects of any foreign nation, British ships and subjects shall be entitled to admission and to the enjoyment of an equality of advantages with those of the most favored nation, always expecting the advantages accruing to the Dutch and Chinese from their existing relations with Japan. 6. This convention shall be ratified, and ratifications shall be exchanged, at Nagasaki, on behalf of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, and on behalf of his Highness the Emperor of Japan, within twelve months from the present date. 7. When this convention shall be ratified, no high officer coming to Japan shall alter it. In witness whereof we have signed the same, and have affixed our seals thereunto, at Nagasaki, this 14th day of October, 1854. JAMES STIRLING N.B. The Japanese text was signed by the Japanese plenipotentiaries. HakodateFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to navigationJump to searchshowThis article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (January 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.Hakodate函館市Core cityClockwise from the top: Goryokaku, Hakodate Orthodox Church, Night View from Mount Hakodate, Goryokaku Tower, Hachiman-Zaka and Hakodate PortFlagSealWikimedia | © OpenStreetMapLocation of Hakodate in Oshima, HokkaidoHakodate Coordinates: 41°46′07″N 140°43′44″ECoordinates: 41°46′07″N 140°43′44″ECountryJapanRegionHokkaidoPrefectureHokkaido (Oshima Subprefecture)Government • MayorToshiki Kudo (since May 2011)Area • Total677.89 km2 (261.73 sq mi)Elevation[1]15 m (49 ft)Population (Feb, 2017) • Total264,845 • Density412.83/km2 (1,069.2/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)Symbols • TreeOnko (Japanese yew)• FlowerAzalea• BirdVaried tit• FishSquidPhone number0138-21-3111Address4-13 Shinonome-chō, Hakodate-shi, Hokkaidō 040-8666Websitewww.city.hakodate.hokkaido.jpHakodate (函館市, Hakodate-shi) is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture. As of July 31, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 279,851 with 143,221 households, and a population density of 412.83 persons per km2 (1,069.2 persons per sq. mi.). The total area is 677.77 square kilometres (261.69 sq mi). The city is the third biggest in Hokkaido after Sapporo and Asahikawa.Contents1History1.1Pre-Meiji restoration1.2Meiji restoration1.320th century to present day2Geography2.1Nearby cities and towns2.2Mountains2.3Rivers2.4Cityscape3Demographics4Climate5Economy6Culture and landmarks7Transportation8Education8.1Universities8.2College of Technology8.3High schools8.3.1Public8.3.2Private9Sister cities10Notable people11References12External linksHistory[edit]Hakodate was Japan's first city whose port was opened to foreign trade in 1854, as a result of Convention of Kanagawa, and used to be the most important port in northern Japan. Also, the city had been the biggest city in Hokkaido before the Great Hakodate Fire of 1934.Pre-Meiji restoration[edit]Hakodate (like much of other parts of Hokkaido) was originally populated by the Ainu. They lived in the Oshima Peninsula. The name "Hakodate" might originate from an Ainu word. Another possibility is that it means "box" or "building" in Japanese which refers to the castle built by the Kono (Kano) clan in the fifteenth century.[2]Hakodate was founded in 1454, when Kono Kaganokami Masamichi constructed a large manor house in the Ainu fishing village of Usukeshi (the word for bay in Ainu).After his death, Masamichi's son, Kono Suemichi, and family were driven out of Hakodate into nearby Kameda during the Ainu rebellion in 1512 and little history was recorded for the area during the next 100 years. There was constant low-level conflict in the Oshima peninsula at the time with the Ainu, as armed merchants like the Kono family, established bases to control trade in the region. This conflict culminated in an uprising from 1669 to 1672, led by Ainu warrior Shakushain after which the Ainu in the region were suppressed.[3]Hakodate flourished during the Hoei period (1704–11), and many new temples were founded in the area. The town's fortunes received a further boost in 1741 when the Matsumae clan, which had been granted nearby areas on the Oshima Peninsula as a march fief, moved its Kameda magistracy to Masamichi's house in Hakodate.In 1779, the Tokugawa shogunate took direct control over Hakodate, which triggered rapid development in the area. Merchant Takadaya Kahei, who is honoured as the founder of Hakodate port, set up trading operations, which included opening the northern Etorofu sea route to the Kuril island fisheries. He is credited with turning Hakodate from a trading outpost into a thriving city. A Hakodate magistracy was established in 1802.[4] By 1807, the power of the Tokugawa government extended to the entire region. However, in 1821, the central government relaxed their control of the area and restored the Matsumae clan to the full powers they had before.[2]GalleryLithograph entitled "View of Hakodate from Snow Peak" looking towards the sea—artist, Wilhelm Heine (1856) Port of Hakodate map circa 1863Meiji restoration[edit]The port of Hakodate was surveyed by a fleet of five U.S. ships in 1854 under the conditions of the Convention of Kanagawa, as negotiated by Commodore Matthew Perry.Hakodate port partially opened to foreign ships for provisioning in the following year and then completely to foreign trade on 2 June 1859 as one of five Japanese open ports designated in the 1858 Treaty of Amity and Commerce signed with the U.S. The Hakodate foreign settlement is one of the legacies of foreign influence in Hakodate.A mariner in Perry's fleet died during a visit to the area and became the first U.S. citizen to be buried in Japan when he was interred in Hakodate's cemetery for foreigners.GalleryNaval Battle of Hakodate (1869) Omachi, one of the neighborhoods in the Hakodate foreign settlement (1880) Port of Hakodate in 1897, by Ogawa Kazumasa Goryōkaku fortress (1866) Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse (1869)British merchant, naturalist and spy, Thomas Blakiston, took up residence in Hakodate in the summer of 1861 to establish a saw milling business and in doing so acquainted the city with western culture. He stayed in Hakodate until 1884, during which time he documented the local natural environment, equipped the local meteorological station and ran guns to the Boshin War rebels.[5]As one of few points of Japanese contact with the outside world, Hakodate was soon host to several overseas consulates. The Russian consulate included a chapel from where Nicholas of Japan is credited with introducing Eastern Orthodox Christianity to Japan in 1861 (now the Japanese Orthodox Church). The Orthodox church is neighbored by several other historical missionary churches, including Anglican and Catholic.Hakodate also played a central role in the Boshin War between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Meiji Emperor which followed Perry's opening of Japan. Shogunate rebel Enomoto Takeaki fled to Hakodate with the remnants of his navy and his handful of French advisers in winter 1868, including Jules Brunet. They formally established the Republic of Ezo on December 25. The republic tried unsuccessfully to gather international recognition to foreign legations in Hakodate, including the Americans, French, and Russians. The Naval Battle of Hakodate was fought from 4 to 10 May 1869, between the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate navy and the newly formed Imperial Japanese Navy. It was a decisive victory for the Imperial Japanese Navy.On 14 June 1868, Hakodate was designated as an urban prefecture (府 fu), one of the first two, the other being Kyoto. On February 8, 1882, it was enlarged into Hakodate-ken, and then became part of Hokkaido on January 26, 1886.The rebels occupied Hakodate's famous European-style Goryōkaku fort and used it as the centre of their defences in southern Hokkaido. Government forces defeated the secessionists in the Battle of Hakodate in 1869 and the city and fort were surrendered to emperor. Military leader, Hijikata Toshizō, was one of those slain in the fighting.In 1878, Isabella Bird reported of the city in her travelogue: The streets are very wide and clean, but the houses are mean and low. The city looks as if it had just recovered from a conflagration. The houses are nothing but tinder… Stones, however, are its prominent feature. Looking down upon it from above you see miles of grey boulders, and realise that every roof in the windy capital is "hodden doun" by a weight of paving stones.

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