CORDIALITY BETWEEN JAPANESE AND AMERICANS. 



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CHAPTEH XX. 



CORDIALITY BETWEEV JAPANESE AND AMERICANS. PRESENTS FROM THE JAPANESE. COINS. SINGULAR COSTOM OF INCLUDINO 



RICE, CHARCOAL, AND DOGS, IN A ROYAL JAPANESE PRESENT. JAPANESE WRESTLERS. THEIR IMMENSE SIZE AND 



STRENGTH. EXHIBITION IN THE RING. CONTRAST IN THE EXHIBITION OF THE TELEGRAPH AND LOCOMOTIVE. PARADE 



OF THE MARINES. TENOSKE VISITS THE FLAG-SHIP, AND SEEKS TO DRAW THE COMMODORE OUT. FAILURE. ENTERTAIN. 



MENT OF CHINESE COMMISSIONERS ON BOARD THE FLAG-SHIP. GREAT CORDIALITY. PERFORMANCE ON SHIP BOARD OF 



"ETHIOPIAN minstrels" TO THE GREAT AMUSEMENT OF THE JAPANESE. NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUED. JAPANESE OBJECT 



TO THE IMMEDIATE OPENING OF THE PORTS. FINALLY CONCEDE THE POINT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. ABSOLUTE AND 



PERSISTENT REFUSAL TO ALLOW AMERICANS PERMANENTLY TO ABIDE IN JAPAN. RELUCTANT CONSENT, AFTER MUCH 



DISCUSSION, TO ALLOW ONE CONSUL TO RESIDE AT SIMODA. TREATY FINALLY AGREED ON AND SIGNED. PRESENTS BY 



COMMODORE TO THE COMMISSIONERS, THAT TO THE CHIEF BEING THE AMERICAN FLAG. ENTERTAINMENT OF THE COM- 

 MODORE AND HIS OFFICERS BY THK COMMISSIONERS. PECULIARITIES OF THE MISSION TO JAPAN. OBSTACLES TO MAKING 



ANY TREATY AT ALL. DISPOSITION OF THE JAPANESE SHOWN IN THE CONFERENCES. PARTICULAR REFUSAL TO MAKE A 



TREATY ALLOWING AMERICAN FAMILIES OR FEMALES TO LIVE IN JAPAN. ANALYSIS OF THE TREATY- COMMODORE 



CAREFUL TO SECURE FOR THE UNITED STATES ALL PRIVILEGES THAT MIGHT THEREAFTER BE GRANTED BY TREATY TO 

 OTHER NATIONS. CASE OF THE AMERICAN SCHOONER FOOTE. 



FTER the concessions made by the Japanese, related in 

 the last chapter^ the greatest good feeling prevailed 

 on both sides, and there seemed every prospect of 

 establishing those national relations which had been 

 the purpose of Commodore Perry's mission. In accord- 

 ance with the harmony and friendship which existed, 

 there was an interchange of those courtesies by which 

 mutual good feeling seeks an outward expression. 

 The Japanese had acknowledged, with courtly thanks, 

 the presents which had been bestowed on behalf of 

 the government, and now, on the 24th of March, 

 invited the Commodore to receive the various gifts 

 which had been ordered by the Emperor in return, as a i^ublic recognition of the courtesy of the 

 United States. 



The Commodore, accordingly, landed at Yoku-hama, with a suite of officers and his interpreters, 

 and was received at the treaty house, with the usual ceremonies, by the high commissioners. 

 The large reception room was crowded with the various presents. The red-covered settees, 

 numerous tables and stands, and even the floors, were heaped with the different articles. The 

 objects were of Japanese manufacture, and consisted of sijecimens of rich brocades and silks, 

 of their famous lacquered ware, such as chow-cliow boxes, tables, trays, and goblets, all skilfully 

 wrought and finished with an exquisite polish ; of porcelain cups of wonderful lightness and 

 transparency, adorned with figures and flowers in gold and variegated colors, and exhibiting a 

 workmanship which surpassed even that of the ware for which the Chinese are remarkable. 

 Fans, pipe-cases, and articles of apparel in ordinary use, of no great value, but of exceeding 

 interest, were scattered in among the more luxurious and costly objects. 



