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At some point during Putyatin's visits to Japan, retainers of [[Saga han]] witnessed a model steam train aboard the ''Pallada'' and set to producing their own. After two years, they succeeded, and for a time, a small model train ran under its own power along a circular track in Lord [[Nabeshima Naomasa|Nabeshima Naomasa's]] private gardens. A number of Saga retainers then went on to serve as prominent engineers in [[Meiji period]] modernization and construction efforts.<ref>Plaques on the history of railroads in Japan at [[Sakuragicho Station|Sakuragichô Station]] in Yokohama.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16673156149/sizes/k/]</ref>

At some point during Putyatin's visits to Japan, retainers of [[Saga han]] witnessed a model steam train aboard the ''Pallada'' and set to producing their own. After two years, they succeeded, and for a time, a small model train ran under its own power along a circular track in Lord [[Nabeshima Naomasa|Nabeshima Naomasa's]] private gardens. A number of Saga retainers then went on to serve as prominent engineers in [[Meiji period]] modernization and construction efforts.<ref>Plaques on the history of railroads in Japan at [[Sakuragicho Station|Sakuragichô Station]] in Yokohama.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16673156149/sizes/k/]</ref>

Early in [[1855]]<ref>1854/12/21 on the Japanese calendar, Feb 7 1855 on the Western Gregorian calendar, and Jan 18 1855 on Russia's Julian calendar.</ref>, Putyatin, with Einosuke as interpreter, signed the [[Treaty of Shimoda]], also known as the Russo-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Amity. Patterned after the [[Convention of Kanagawa]] and the [[Anglo-Japanese Convention of 1854]], the Treaty extended [[most-favored nation status]] and various other privileges and stipulations to the Russo-Japanese relationship, and was the first of several agreements which formally established national borders and mutually recognized territorial claims between the two countries.<ref>Mitani, 247-250, 292.</ref>

Early in [[1855]]<ref>1854/12/21 on the Japanese calendar, Feb 7 1855 on the Western Gregorian calendar, and Jan 18 1855 on Russia's Julian calendar.</ref>, after lengthy discussions with shogunate officials including [[Kawaji Toshiakira]] and [[Tsutsui Masanori]], Putyatin, with Einosuke as interpreter, signed the [[Treaty of Shimoda]], also known as the Russo-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Amity. Patterned after the [[Convention of Kanagawa]] and the [[Anglo-Japanese Convention of 1854]], the Treaty extended [[most-favored nation status]] and various other privileges and stipulations to the Russo-Japanese relationship, and was the first of several agreements which formally established national borders and mutually recognized territorial claims between the two countries.<ref>Mitani, 247-250, 292.</ref>

Putyatin returned to Japan again in [[1858]] after signing a [[Treaty of Tianjin]] with the [[Qing Empire]] earlier that same year. On August 11 (7/3 on the Japanese calendar), he then signed the [[Russo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce]]; the [[Dutch-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] was signed the previous day, and the [[Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|Anglo-Japanese Treaty]] later that month, on August 26 (7/18).

Putyatin returned to Japan again in [[1858]] after signing a [[Treaty of Tianjin]] with the [[Qing Empire]] earlier that same year. On August 11 (7/3 on the Japanese calendar), he then signed the [[Russo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce]]; the [[Dutch-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce]] was signed the previous day, and the [[Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Amity and Commerce|Anglo-Japanese Treaty]] later that month, on August 26 (7/18).