Introduction to the Black Ship Incident

The Black Ship Incident refers to the incident in 1853 when the United States used gunboats to force Japan to open its borders. Kurofune raikō (Japanese: Kurofune raikō) refers to the fleet sailed into the Uraga Sea of ??Edo Bay by U.S. Navy Commodore Matthew Perry (also translated as "Perry") in the sixth year of Kayei, Japan (1853). event. Perry brought the credentials of U.S. President Millard Fillmore to pay tribute to the Edo shogunate, and finally the two sides signed the "Japan-U.S. Peace Treaty" the following year (1854).