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Maiden Voyage - The Senzaimaru and the Creation of Modern Sino-Japanese Relations (Hardcover)
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Maiden Voyage - The Senzaimaru and the Creation of Modern Sino-Japanese Relations (Hardcover)
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After centuries of virtual isolation, during which time
international sea travel was forbidden outside of Japan's immediate
fishing shores, Japanese shogunal authorities in 1862 made the
unprecedented decision to launch an official delegation to China by
sea. Concerned by the fast-changing global environment, they had
witnessed the ever-increasing number of incursions into Asia by
European powers--not the least of which was Commodore Perry's
arrival in Japan in 1853-54 and the forced opening of a handful of
Japanese ports at the end of the decade. The Japanese reasoned that
it was only a matter of time before they too encountered the same
unfortunate fate as China; their hope was to learn from the Chinese
experience and to keep foreign powers at bay. They dispatched the
"Senzaimaru" to Shanghai with the purpose of investigating
contemporary conditions of trade and diplomacy in the international
city. Japanese from varied domains, as well as shogunal officials,
Nagasaki merchants, and an assortment of deck hands, made the
voyage along with a British crew, spending a total of ten weeks
observing and interacting with the Chinese and with a handful of
Westerners. Roughly a dozen Japanese narratives of the voyage were
produced at the time, recounting personal impressions and
experiences in Shanghai. The Japanese emissaries had the distinct
advantage of being able to communicate with their Chinese hosts by
means of the "brush conversation" (written exchanges in literary
Chinese). For their part, the Chinese authorities also created a
paper trail of reports and memorials concerning the Japanese
visitors, which worked its way up and down the bureaucratic chain
of command.
This was the first official meeting of Chinese and Japanese in
several centuries. Although the Chinese authorities agreed to few
of the Japanese requests for trade relations and a consulate, nine
years later China and Japan would sign the first bilateral treaty
of amity in their history, a completely equal treaty. East
Asia--and the diplomatic and trade relations between the region's
two major players in the modern era--would never be the same.
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