Treaty of Shimonoseki

Treaty of Shimonoseki
Japanese version of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, April 17, 1895
TypeUnequal treaty
SignedApril 17, 1895
LocationShimonoseki, Japan
EffectiveMay 8, 1895
Signatories
Parties
DepositaryNational Palace Museum, Taiwan
National Archives of Japan
LanguageChinese and Japanese
Treaty of Shimonoseki
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese下關條約
Simplified Chinese下关条约
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàguān tiáoyuē
Southern Min
Hokkien POJHā-koan Tiâu-iok
Japanese name
Kanji下関条約
Transcriptions
RomanizationShimonoseki Jōyaku
Treaty of Bakan
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese馬關條約
Simplified Chinese马关条约
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎguān tiáoyuē
Southern Min
Hokkien POJMá-koan Tiâu-iok
Japanese name
Kyūjitai馬關條約
Shinjitai馬関条約
Transcriptions
RomanizationBakan Jōyaku
  Japanese sphere of influence
  Annexed by Japan
  Annexed by Japan, but temporarily sold due to the Triple Intervention; Southern part was later re-annexed after the Russo-Japanese War
Independence Gate (front), Seoul, South Korea
A symbol of the end of Korea's tributary relationship with the Qing Empire

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku), also known as the Treaty of Maguan (Chinese: 馬關條約; pinyin: Mǎguān Tiáoyuē; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-koan Tiâu-iok) in China and Treaty of Bakan (Japanese: 馬關條約, Hepburn: Bakan Jōyaku) in the period before and during World War II in Japan, was an unequal treaty signed at the Shunpanrō [ja] hotel, Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing China, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.

Under the terms of the treaty, China lost suzerainty over Korea; ceded sovereignty of the Penghu (Pescadores) Islands, Taiwan (Formosa) and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan; agreed to pay substantial war indemnities to Japan; and opened China to Japanese foreign trade.

The peace conference took place from March 20 to April 17, 1895. This treaty followed and superseded the Sino-Japanese Friendship and Trade Treaty of 1871.[1][2]

  1. ^ Ikle, Frank W. (1967). "The Triple Intervention. Japan's Lesson in the Diplomacy of Imperialism". Monumenta Nipponica. 22 (1/2): 122–130. doi:10.2307/2383226. JSTOR 2383226.
  2. ^ Jansen, Marius B. (1975) Japan and China: From War to Peace, 1894–1972. Rand McNally College Publishing Company. pp 17–29, 66–77. ISBN 9780528666001