Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan (Japanese: 日仏修好通商条約) (1858) opened diplomatic relations and trade between the two counties.

The treaty was signed in Edo on October 9, 1858, by Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros, the commander of the French expedition in China, assisted by Charles de Chassiron and Alfred de Moges, opening diplomatic relations between the two countries.

[1] The Treaty was signed following the signature of the Harris Treaty between the United States and Japan, as France, Russia, Great Britain, and Holland quickly followed the American example: Japan was forced to apply to other nations the conditions granted to the United States under the "most favoured nation" provision.

[2] The most important points of these Unequal Treaties were: In 1859, Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt arrived and became the first French representative in Japan.

The ratified Treaty was brought to the shōgun by Duchesne de Bellecourt, on February 4, 1860.

Treaties of Amity and Commerce between Japan and Holland, England, France, Russia and the United States, 1858.
Signature of the First Franco-Japanese treaty in 1858 in Edo .
Duchesne de Bellecourt , bringing the ratified Franco-Japanese Treaty to the shōgun , February 4, 1860.
Duchesne de Bellecourt remitting the ratified Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan to the shōgun in 1860. He is accompanied by Father Mermet-Cachon.