Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan

Treaties of Amity and Commerce between Japan and Holland, England, France, Russia and the United States, 1858.
Signature of the First Franco-Japanese treaty in 1858 in Edo.
Duchesne de Bellecourt, bringing the ratified Franco-Japanese Treaty to the shōgun, February 4, 1860.
Duchesne de Bellecourt remitting the ratified Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan to the shōgun in 1860. He is accompanied by Father Mermet-Cachon.

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan (Japanese: 日仏修好通商条約) (1858) opened diplomatic relations and trade between the two counties.