A Reflection on the Opening of Modern East Asia: The Treaty of Peace and Amity between the United States and the Empire of Japan and the Treaty of Ganghwado between Japan and Korea

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  • 近代東アジアの黎明に関する一試論 ー 日米和親条約と日朝修好条規 ー
  • キンダイ ヒガシアジア ノ レイアキラ ニ カンスル イチ シロン : ニチベイ ワシン ジョウヤク ト ヒアサ シュウコウ ジョウキ

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How did Matthew C. Perry open Japan? This paper reexamines the claim that the United States forcefully imposed an “unequal treaty” on an “incompetent” Shogunate. There exists a similar claim that Japan opened Korea by similarly imposing an “unequal treaty” on an “incompetent” Chosun government. I have previously clarified that the Treaty of Ganghwado was concluded through a moderate form of negotiation. Without doubt, some degree of gunboat diplomacy occurred between the U.S. and Japan, as well as between Japan and Korea. However, both case of gunboat diplomacy was not completely one-sided. Japan’s negotiation to the U.S. and Korea’s negotitation to Japan were founded on traditional principles and reasonings, and all parties negotitated with under the given conditions and mutual concessions. Further, I believe that Japan’s negotiation with Korea　may have been based on how the United States negotiated with Japan.

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