The Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) concluded a Treaty of Amity and Commerce with the United States in 1858, before going on to conclude four more such treaties with England, France, Russia and the Netherlands.
江戸幕府は、安政年間に1858年の日米修好通商条約をはじめとしてイギリス、フランス、ロシア、オランダと修好条約を締結した。