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::''Main article: [[Ryukyu shobun]]''
Conditions changed dramatically for the kingdom in the 1850s, as they did for Japan as well. Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] was but one of a number of Westerners who made landfall in the Ryukyus around this time, seeking trade and diplomatic relations. Perry in fact signed treaties with the royal government in Ryukyu before ever traveling to Japan.
Conditions changed dramatically for the kingdom in the 1850s, as they did for Japan as well. Commodore [[Matthew Perry]] was but one of a number of Westerners who made landfall in the Ryukyus around this time, seeking trade and diplomatic relations. Perry in fact signed treaties with the royal government in Ryukyu before ever traveling to Japan.