ペリー提督・日米和親条約・日本の不開国
Thursday, April 11, 7:00 PM
With speaker Glenn Scoggins
On March 31, 1854, the Treaty of Kanagawa was signed by Commodore Matthew C. Perry and officials of the Tokugawa Shogunate in the obscure village of Yokohama. Looking back after 170 years, what led up to this agreement, what did it accomplish, and did Perry really “open” Japan?
The talk will be in English and will be followed by a Q & A session. Maximum capacity at the YC&AC venue is 54 people. To attend, please complete the form at the link below.
Admission to the talk is free. Food may be purchased from the YC&AC restaurant on the ground floor. (We recommend you arrive by 18:00 latest in case the restaurant is busy.) For drinks, a cash bar will be available in the function room from 18:00 onwards.
Yokohama History Society 