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The Austro-Hungarian East Asia Expedition 1868-1871 |
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The establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Austria-Hungary was sealed through the amity and commerce treaty of October 18 1869. This document was the primary goal of the East Asian expedition by two Austrian ships, the frigate Donau and the corvette Archduke Friedrich, under the direction of Rear Admiral Anton von Petz. As the economic and mercantile-political interests of these missions stood in the foreground, the museum has only a few related objects. These include several agricultural implements and gifts sent by the Emperor Meiji to Emperor Franz Joseph I; one such state gift is the ornamental sword from the Imperial collection.
Emperor Franz Joseph I signed the treaty in May 1871, shortly after the return of the East Asia expedition. At the turn of the year 1871−1872, Heinrich von Calice embarked to Tōkyō to be accredited as the first permanent Austrian envoy in Japan, and to arrange the ratification of the treaty by the Meiji-Tennō. The treaty was ceremonially signed in the Imperial Palace of Tokyo on January 12 1872. It is the first international document to bear the seal of the Emperor Meiji. |
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Picture of the Emperor Meiji of Japan (1852-1912), circa 1890. |
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