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*''Date: [[1855]]''
The Treaty of Shimoda, signed between the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and [[Russia]] was the first of a number of agreements seeking to define geographical borders between the two countries' territories.
The shogunate assumed direct administration of [[Ezo]] in order to more solidly claim the territory and repel Russian incursions, and the [[Kuril Islands]] were officially given to Russia, but the status of [[Sakhalin]] was left undecided. This Treaty represents the first establishment of "modern" political borders for Japan, and is the only one of the [[Bakumatsu period]] so-called "[[Unequal Treaties]]" which explicitly addressed the lack of Japanese extraterritoriality overseas (in this case, in Russia).
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==References==
*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 292.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]
The Treaty of Shimoda, signed between the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and [[Russia]] was the first of a number of agreements seeking to define geographical borders between the two countries' territories.
The shogunate assumed direct administration of [[Ezo]] in order to more solidly claim the territory and repel Russian incursions, and the [[Kuril Islands]] were officially given to Russia, but the status of [[Sakhalin]] was left undecided. This Treaty represents the first establishment of "modern" political borders for Japan, and is the only one of the [[Bakumatsu period]] so-called "[[Unequal Treaties]]" which explicitly addressed the lack of Japanese extraterritoriality overseas (in this case, in Russia).
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==References==
*Mitani Hiroshi, David Noble (trans.), ''Escape from Impasse'', International House of Japan (2006), 292.
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Historical Documents]]