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Ansei 5 (安政五年)

==Timeline of 1858==
*1858/6/19 [[Harris Treaty]] of Amity and Commerce is signed between Japan and the United States.
*1858/7/10 [[Dutch-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] is signed between Japan and the Netherlands.
*1858/7/11 [[Russo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] is signed between Japan and Russia.
*1858/7/18 [[Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] is signed between Japan and the United Kingdom.
*1858/9/3 [[Franco-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] is signed between Japan and France.
*1858/9/5 [[Ansei Purges]] begin.
*1858/10/1 [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] succeeds [[Tokugawa Iesada]] as [[shogun]].

==Other Events of 1858==
*1858 June - Treaty of Tientsin ends the Second Opium War.
*[[Morita-za]] [[kabuki]] theatre in [[Edo]] changes its name to incorporate the ''[[kanji]]'' for "protection".
*[[Fukuzawa Yukichi]] founds a school of [[rangaku|Western learning]] which would later become [[Keio University|Keiô University]].

===Births and Deaths===
*1858/1/25 [[Mikimoto Kokichi|Mikimoto Kôkichi]], pioneer pearl farmer, is born (d. 1954).
*1858 March 4 - Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] dies (b. 1794).
*1858/5/24 [[Tokugawa Yoshinori]], daimyô of [[Owari han]], is born (d. 1875).
*1858/7/6 [[Shogun]] Tokugawa Iesada dies (b. 1824).
*1858/7/16 [[Shimazu Nariakira]], daimyô of [[Satsuma han]], dies (b. 1809).
*1858/9/2 [[Yanagawa Seigan]], poet, dies (b. 1789).
*1858/10/27 [[Saito Makoto|Saitô Makoto]], [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] admiral and [[Prime Minister]] of Japan, is born (d. 1936).
*1858/12/5 [[Inoue Taisuke]], nephew of [[Shinsengumi]] captain [[Inoue Genzaburo|Inoue Genzaburô]], is born (d. 1927).

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