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Edoardo Chiossone (1833, Italy) was an Italian engraver and painter, noted for his work as a foreign advisor to Meiji period Japan, and for his collection of Japanese art. He designed the first Japanese bank notes. Mercator Cooper (1845, United States) First formal American visit to Edo (now Tokyo), Japan.
Townsend Harris (October 4, 1804 – February 25, 1878) was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period .
After Perry returned to the United States in 1855, Congress voted to grant him a reward of $20,000 (~$737,000 in 2022) in appreciation of his work in Japan. Perry used part of this money to prepare and publish a report of the expedition in three volumes, titled Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan.
In October 1980, Spanish King Juan Carlos I paid an official visit to Japan. [18] In September 1994, Japanese Emperor Akihito paid an official visit to Spain. [ 19 ] Since the initial visits, there have been several high level Royal and Governmental visits between leaders of both nations.
Many Americans served as foreign government advisors in Japan during the Meiji period (1868–1912). Prior to World War II, it was a common practice for first-generation issei Japanese immigrants in the United States to send their nisei children, who were American citizens, to Japan for education.
1791: The Lady Washington becomes the first American ship to visit Japan. [2] John Kendrick, an American trader, stops both the Lady Washington and the Grace (captained by William Douglas) at Kii Ōshima in Kushimoto, Wakayama, in an unsuccessful attempt to sell sea otter pelts. The encounter becomes the first between Japan and the United ...
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Many other Japanese-American couples were also separated in the war. Unfortunately, there exists no records of couples staying in contact, like in the case of the Matsushita's letters. One example is Midori Shimoda and Chizuko Yamashita Shimoda, another couple who survived incarceration.