Perry arrived four months after Fillmore’s time as president had ended.Ĭommodore Perry was fiercely determined to succeed in his mission: to open up Japan to American trade and influence. (a) President Millard Fillmore, shown in a photo from about 1850, dispatched (b) Commodore Perry to Japan. The Commodore arrived with orders from President Millard Fillmore to deliver a letter to the Emperor, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, seeking to commence friendly relations between the two countries. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, known to his men as “Old Bruin,” commanded the fleet that was to break the longstanding isolation of Japan from the outside world. In the summer of 1853, the Japanese people watched apprehensively as large black ships from the United States entered the port of Uraga in Japan. Use this Narrative to help students understand the United States’ motivations for opening trade with Japan.
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