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Townsend Harris was an American merchant and politician who served as the first United States Consul General to Japan. He negotiated the Harris Treaty between the US and Japan and is credited as the diplomat who first opened Shogunate Japan to foreign trade and culture in the Edo period.

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Townsend Harris

American diplomat (1804–1878)

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October 3, 1804

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February 25, 1878

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