International Law and its Influence on Diplomacy in the Late Nineteenth Century Japan

  • Takeharu Ōkubo Keio University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/mira.64980
Keywords: Bankoku kōhō, Simon Vissering, Nishi Amane, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Tsuda Mami, Nakamura Masanao, diplomacy, Meiji

Abstract

In 1853 United States warships led by Commodore Matthew Perry (1794-1858) came to Japan to negotiate a commercial treaty. This event had suddenly thrust late-nineteenth-century Japan into a web of relations with the Western nations, and as a result, European international law was a topic of particularly urgent concern including some normative philosophical questions: What is Civilization? What are the rules in international relations? What are the differences with the existing order in East Asia?

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Published
2019-07-05
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Ōkubo, T. (2019). International Law and its Influence on Diplomacy in the Late Nineteenth Century Japan. Mirai. Estudios Japoneses, 3, 23-33. https://doi.org/10.5209/mira.64980
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Vol. 3 (2019): 150 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Spain and Japan. A shared history
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