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Japan opened.　1858.

JAPAN OPENED. COMPILED CHIEFLY FROM THE NARRATIVE OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION TO JAPAN, IN THE YEARS 1852-3-4.
LONDON: THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; 56, PATERNOSTER ROW; 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; AND 164, PICCADILLY. 1858.
viii, 296 p. 18 cm.

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CHAPTER I.
THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE INTERCOURSE WITH THE WESTERN NATIONS.　p. [1]-10.
THE DUTCH.　p. 10-21.
THE ENGLISH.　p. 21-37.
THE RUSSIANS.　p. 37-42.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.　p. 42-45.
CHAPTER II. ORIGIN AND OBJECTS OF THE UNITED STATES' EXPEDITION—APPOINTMENT OF COMMODORE PERRY—SAILING OF THE SQUADRON—ARRIVAL AT THE HARBOUR OF NAPHA, IN LOO CHOO—EXCITEMENT ON SHORE—OFFICIAL VISITS FROM THE LOO-CHOOANS—PERMISSION TO GO ON SHORE—EXPLORATION OF THE ISLAND—A BUILDING SET APART FOR THE AMERICANS, AFTER A LONG DISCUSSION—CHARACTER OF THE LOO-CHOOANS—VISIT TO THE ROYAL PALACE, AND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE HOUSE OF THE REGENT—THE COMMODORE'S POLICY, AND ITS SUCCESS—AMERICAN PRESENTS—VISIT TO THE BONIN ISLANDS—RETURN TO NAPHA—A NEW REGENT APPOINTED—FEAST ON BOARD THE COMMODORE'S VESSEL—DEPARTURE OF THE SQUADRON FOR JAPAN.　p. [46]-84.
CHAPTER III. FIRST GLIMPSES OF JAPAN—THE SQUADRON ANCHORS IN THE BAY OF JEDDO—REFUSAL TO ALLOW THE JAPANESE ON BOARD—THEIR GUARD-BOATS—COSTUME—FIRMNESS OF THE COMMODORE—COMMOTION ON SHORE—METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON—JAPANESE ARTISTS—OFFICIAL VISIT FROM URAGA—SURVEY OF THE BAY—CONSTERNATION OF THE AUTHORITIES AND OF THE PEOPLE—ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER—CORDIALITY AND INTELLIGENCE OF THE GOVERNOR OF URAGA—PREPARATIONS ON SHORE—LANDING OF THE AMERICANS—THE RECEPTION—THE CEREMONY OF PRESENTING THE LETTER—ITS CONTENTS—REPLY OF THE JAPANESE DIGNITARIES—RETURN TO THE SQUADRON—FURTHER ADVANCE OF THE AMERICANS TOWARDS JEDDO, AND SOUNDINGS OF THE BAY—REMONSTRANCES OF THE AUTHORITIES—EXCHANGE OF FRIENDLY GIFTS—DEPARTURE OF THE SQUADRON.　p. [85]-133.
CHAPTER IV. THIRD VISIT TO LOO CHOO—AMERICAN DEMANDS OF THE MAYOR OF NAPHA—EVASIVE REPLIES OF THE REGENT—A CONFERENCE ON SHORE—INCIDENT OF THE SEDAN CHAIR—LOO-CHOOAN CONCESSIONS—A MARKET OPENED—THE COMMODORE SAILS FOR CHINA—RETURN, AND FOURTH VISIT TO NAPHA—IMPROVED DEMEANOUR OF THE PEOPLE—THE PALACE REVISITED, WHERE A BANQUET WAS PROVIDED—EXCHANGE OF COIN REFUSED—REPORTED DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF JAPAN—RETURN TO THE GULF OF JEDDO—ONE OF THE AMERICAN VESSELS ASHORE—SOME HIGH JAPANESE DIGNITARIES APPOINTED TO CONFER WITH THE COMMODORE—PROTRACTED DISCUSSION AS TO THE PLACE OF MEETING—THE JAPANESE AT LENGTH YIELD TO THE DETERMINATION OF THE COMMODORE—FIVE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE EMPEROR TO CONDUCT THE PENDING NEGOTIATIONS.　p. [134]-[158].
CHAPTER V. TOWNS AND VILLAGES ON THE SHORES OF THE BAY—THE TREATY-HOUSE—JAPANESE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CEREMONIAL—IMPOSING DISPLAY OF THE AMERICANS—THEIR LANDING AND COURTEOUS RECEPTION—APPEARANCE OF THE FIVE JAPANESE COMMISSIONERS—PROSTRATIONS OF THE SUBORDINATE OFFICIALS—INTERCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS—READING OF THE EMPEROR'S REPLY TO THE AMERICAN LETTER—A BURIAL-GROUND SET APART FOR THE USE OF THE AMERICANS—DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSED TREATY—RETURN TO THE SQUADRON—THE FUNERAL OF A SEAMAN—THE DELIVERY OF THE AMERICAN PRESENTS—AMAZEMENT OF THE NATIVES AT THE TELEGRAPH, RAILWAY, ETC.—THE JAPANESE HABIT OF TAKING NOTES AND SKETCHES—THEIR RESERVE AND DREAD OF THEIR SUPERIORS—CONSTERNATION AT THE CHAPLAIN'S STROLL IN THE INTERIOR TOWARDS JEDDO—SUMMONED BACK BY THE COMMODORE—FURTHER DELIBERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS AT THE TREATY-HOUSE—THE PORTS PROPOSED TO BE OPENED—PRESENTATION OF JAPANESE GIFTS—EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE WRESTLERS—BANQUET ON BOARD THE FLAG-SHIP—THE TREATY SIGNED AND DESPATCHED TO THE UNITED STATES.　pp. [159]-198.
CHAPTER VI. EXCURSION INTO THE COUNTRY—THE AMERICAN OFFICERS ENTERTAINED BY THE MAYOR—GLIMPSES OF JAPANESE DOMESTIC LIFE—BLACK DYED TEETH OF THE FEMALES—THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF JAPANESE SOCIETY—THE FEMALE SEX TREATED WITH RESPECT AND HONOUR—ADVANCE OF THE SQUADRON TOWARDS JEDDO—DISTANT VIEW OF THE CAPITAL—DEPARTURE OF THE COMMODORE TO SIMODA—POSITION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN AND ENVIRONS—JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE—SHOP SIGNS—HOUSES FOR LODGERS—ARTICLES OF DIET—THE TEMPLES AT SIMODA—CEMETERIES AND INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBSTONES—JAPANESE WORSHIP—COMPLAINTS BY THE COMMODORE OF JAPANESE ESPIONAGE—FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT GUARANTEED—AN INTERESTING INCIDENT—THE DESIRE OF TWO JAPANESE YOUTHS OF GOOD FAMILY TO TRAVEL AND SEE THE WORLD—REFUSED ADMISSION ON BOARD THE AMERICAN SHIPS—THEIR HEROIC CONDUCT AND MYSTERIOUS FATE—THEIR MANLY LETTER—AN OUTRAGE ON THREE AMERICAN OFFICERS—DEPARTURE FOR HAKODADI.　p. [199]-234.
CHAPTER VII. ARRIVAL AT HAKODADI, ONE OF THE PORTS OPENED TO AMERICAN INTERCOURSE—CONFERENCE WITH THE AUTHORITIES ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY—THEIR EXCUSES FOR PROCRASTINATION IN MEETING THE COMMODORE'S DEMANDS—HOUSES ASSIGNED FOR THE USE OF THE AMERICANS WHEN ON SHORE—DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN—THE RESEMBLANCE OF ITS POSITION TO GIBRALTAR—MUNICIPAL REGULATIONS—STYLE OF HOUSE ARCHITECTURE—CHARACTER OF THE SHOPS—HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND UTENSILS—SUBURBAN RESIDENCES—BUDDHIST TEMPLES OF HAKODADI—PRAYING MACHINES—BUDDHIST INSCRIPTIONS—PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN—THE FISHERIES AT HAKODADI—OTHER OCCUPATIONS OF THE INHABITANTS—STATE OF PICTORIAL ART AMONG THE JAPANESE, WITH EXAMPLES—SCULPTURE—GAMES OF SKILL AND CHANCE—APPROPRIATION OF A BURIAL-GROUND TO THE USE OF THE VISITORS—AMERICAN FUNERAL—JAPANESE DEVOTIONS.　p. [235]-269.
CHAPTER VIII. NEGOTIATIONS RESUMED WITH THE AUTHORITIES OF HAKODADI—JAPANESE OFFICIALS ENTERTAINED ON BOARD THE FLAG-SHIP—HISTRIONIC PERFORMANCES—INTEREST DISPLAYED BY THE JAPANESE IN EXAMINING THE AMERICAN STEAMERS—THEIR LOVE OF MILITARY DISPLAY—WRECKS OF FOREIGN SHIPS ON THE COASTS OF JAPAN—RETURN OF THE SQUADRON TO SIMODA—CONFERENCES WITH THE IMPERIAL COMMISSIONERS—SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTED POINTS—JAPANESE COALS—BAZAAR—FAREWELL VISITS—FINAL DEPARTURE OF THE SQUADRON—ARRIVAL AT NAPHA, IN LOO-CHOO, AND ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE AUTHORITIES—DESIRE OF SOME OF THE JAPANESE TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY—PARTING BANQUETS—COMPLETION OF THE MISSION, AND RETURN OF THE COMMODORE HOME—RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY—EARTHQUAKE AT SIMODA—EXTENSION OF THE TREATY TO ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND RUSSIA—SUBSEQUENT VISITS TO JAPAN—HOPE FOR ITS PEOPLE.　p. [270]-296.

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記載書誌
CORDIER, col. 515. TOYO BUNKO, p. 108. BLUM II, 2123.