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1854–55: Treaties are signed with the United States by the Bakufu
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1858: The Bakufu sign treaties with the Netherlands, Imperial Russia, and Great Britain.
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the shogunate became under threts and forigen powers wanted to increase their influance on japan
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His father was Emperor komei
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Meiji was only 15 when he became Emperor Meiji
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he was 17 when he got married ( this was his first marrige) he had manny and he had 15 kids and only 5 of them made it to adult hood.
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in 1870 the era was changed to meiji, or the "enlightened rule"
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1881: Receives the first state visit of a foreign monarch, King Kalakaua of Hawaii.
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