关键词: 德川幕府, 日本, 法国, 关系, 条约, 演变

Abstract: In Tokugawa Shogunate period, Japan just kept commercial relationship with the Netherlands, and they seldom had contact with other western countries. So, when French ships appeared on the sea around Japan, the rulers of Tokugawa shogunate were surprised. To Japan, France has always wanted to show its status as a European power and display its image as a military power, but in reality France always followed the steps of Britain and the United States, and signed the treaty with Japan relatively late. In developing relationship with Japan, the French once chose to support the feudal Tokugawa Shogunate in order to win more rights and exclude British and American forces. However, due to the constraints of various factors among Japan, Britain, and France, not only did the relationship between France and Tokugawa Shogunate fail to achieve a winwin situation, it was on the contrary gradually declining.

Key words: Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan, France, relationship, treaty, development