ABSTRACT
THE EARLY TREATIES of commerce, concluded in the closing period of the Shogunate regime, were subject to revision after July, 1872. The efforts of Japan to secure the revision of “unequal treaties” constituted the most important feature in her international relations during 1872-1894. The main points at issue between Japan and the treaty powers were tariff autonomy and extra-territorial jurisdiction. As soon as the task of reconstruction following the restoration of 1868 was under way, the attention of the makers of New Japan was again directed to this subject.1
