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*''Date: [[1876]]''

The Treaty of Ganghwa was a treaty signed between [[Meiji government|Meiji Japan]] and [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korea, in [[1876]]. It established formal diplomatic relations between the two countries in the modern/Western mode, opened three Korean ports to Japanese trade (much as other treaties had opened Japanese and Chinese ports to Western trade), and stipulated that Korea was an independent nation.

This was all done without the agreement of [[Qing Dynasty]] China, however, which still saw Korea as a [[tribute|tributary state]]. The Treaty is thus frequently cited as one of a number of events or factors contributing to increasing tensions in the late 19th century between China and Japan over influence in Korea.

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==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, David Lurie, and Suzanne Gay, ''A Brief History of Japanese Civilization'', Wadsworth Cengage (2013), 193.

[[Category:Meiji Period]]
[[Category:Events and Incidents]]
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