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The major events of his reign were the major events of the Bakumatsu, including the arrival of [[Commodore Perry]] in [[1853]], the signing of the [[Convention of Kanagawa]] the following year, the signing of the [[Harris Treaty]] in [[1858]], and the various other incidents and conflicts that led up to the [[Meiji Restoration]].
The major events of his reign were the major events of the Bakumatsu, including the arrival of [[Commodore Perry]] in [[1853]], the signing of the [[Convention of Kanagawa]] the following year, the signing of the [[Harris Treaty]] in [[1858]], and the various other incidents and conflicts that led up to the [[Meiji Restoration]].
Kômei died of smallpox in [[1867]], and was succeeded by his son, who took the throne as Emperor Meiji.<ref>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 157.</ref>
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==References==
==References==
*"Chronology of the Japanese Emperors since the Mid-Nineteenth Century." in ''Handbook of Oriental Studies''. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008. p335.
*"Chronology of the Japanese Emperors since the Mid-Nineteenth Century." in ''Handbook of Oriental Studies''. Boston: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008. p335.
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[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Bakumatsu]]
[[Category:Emperors|Komei]]
[[Category:Emperors|Komei]]
