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The 15 pages that link to Convention of Kanagawa, each with the reason it gives.

• Meiji RestorationRelated: The agreement became a flashpoint for criticism of the shogunate's concessions to foreign powers.

• Boshin WarRelated: Foreign pressure intensified the political crisis that weakened the shogunate.

• Meiji eraRelated: It exemplified the unequal pressure challenging Tokugawa policy.

• YokohamaRelated: It helped create the diplomatic path toward opening Yokohama to foreign trade.

• Kanagawa PrefectureRelated: The agreement opened the route toward Yokohama’s rise as an international port.

• HakodateRelated: The treaty era led to Hakodate becoming one of Japan’s treaty ports.

• AnseiRelated: Signed in Ansei 1, it marked a major break with Japan’s restrictions on foreign contact.

• Uraga ChannelRelated: The negotiations that led to it unfolded after the American fleet’s arrival near Uraga.

• Oguri KozukenosukeRelated: The treaty marked the new foreign relations that made military modernization pressing.