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Perry that entered Uraga Bay in July 1853. warships commanded by Commodore Matthew C. This pressure was initiated by the squadron of U.S. The opening of Japan was thus postponed until the last possible moment and had to be effected unilaterally by foreign pressure, backed by massive naval strength. Opinion among the daimyo and samurai was split between seclusion and opening the country. But the bakufu had for two centuries retained its political dominance through strict adherence to the policy of seclusion, and it could not muster up the resolution necessary to open the country. The United States, however, eagerly desired ports for fuel and provisions for its Pacific merchant and whaling ships and was not willing to give up attempts to open Japan. When refused by the bakufu, Biddle returned empty-handed. In 1846 Commander James Biddle of the American East Indian fleet appeared with two warships in Uraga Harbour (near Yokohama) and held consultations with bakufu representatives on the question of opening commercial relations. government would send an expeditionary fleet to Japan. Rumours had long circulated among the various Western powers that the U.S. In 1848 the bakufu decided not to revive the Order to Drive Away Foreign Ships, which had been rescinded during the TempЕЌ reforms, but decided instead to continue extensive military preparations against potential attack. The defense system of Edo Bay also was revived, the number of domains on guard duty was increased, and new gun emplacements were built. In response, the bakufu in 1845 established a new office for coastal defense and various diplomatic posts.

In 1844, 1845, and 1846, British and French warships visited the Ryukyu Islands and Nagasaki to request commercial relations. Yet visits by foreign ships proliferated.

In 1844 the Dutch sent a diplomatic mission urging the bakufu to open the country, but Abe and the bakufu rulers refused this suggestion. The Netherlands, the only European power trading with Japan, realized that, if Britain succeeded in forcing Japan to open the country, it would lose its monopoly so the Dutch now planned to seize the initiative in opening Japan and thus to turn the situation to their own advantage. Reaction against domestic reform was comparatively calm, however, and the major stumbling block facing the bakufu was the foreign problem.

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