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Nine years later, in [[1855]], after several visits to [[Hakodate]] and other ports in Japan (often alongside additional French and/or British vessels),<ref>

Nine years later, in [[1855]], after several visits to [[Hakodate]] and other ports in Japan (often alongside additional French and/or British vessels),<ref>

Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 80.</ref> Guerin led the ''Virginie'' (alongside French warships ''[[Colbert]]'' and ''[[Sibylle]]'') to return once again to [[Naha]]. The three arrived in Naha on 9/27 on the Japanese calendar (Nov 6), and Guerin and others managed to come ashore that same day. Over the course of the next 2-3 weeks, between 10/1 and 10/15, Guerin met with Ryûkyû court officials eight times, negotiating various aspects of a potential treaty; Ryûkyû, under pressure from [[Satsuma han]] and in accordance with precedent and the court's own interests, made efforts to resist granting almost any provisions to the French, but in the end Guerin had troops surround the negotiation site on 10/15 and force signature of the treaty.

Ishin Shiryô Kôyô 維新史料綱要, vol 2 (1937), 80.</ref> Guerin led the ''Virginie'' (alongside French warships ''[[Colbert]]'' and ''[[La Sibylle]]'') to return once again to [[Naha]]. The three arrived in Naha on 9/27 on the Japanese calendar (Nov 6), and Guerin and others managed to come ashore that same day. Over the course of the next 2-3 weeks, between 10/1 and 10/15, Guerin met with Ryûkyû court officials eight times, negotiating various aspects of a potential treaty; Ryûkyû, under pressure from [[Satsuma han]] and in accordance with precedent and the court's own interests, made efforts to resist granting almost any provisions to the French, but in the end Guerin had troops surround the negotiation site on 10/15 and force signature of the treaty.

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