# Canonical recap data for Treaty of Shimonoseki: Japan Ascendant (1895)
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slug: treaty-shimonoseki
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1895/treaty-shimonoseki"
title: "Treaty of Shimonoseki: Japan Ascendant"
subtitle: Japan's victory over China established it as a regional power and signaled the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1895-04-17
datePrecision: day
year: 1895
decade: 1890
country:
name: Japan
slug: japan
summaryShort: The Treaty of Shimonoseki , also known as the Treaty of Maguan in China or the Treaty of Bakan  in Japan, was signed in Shimonoseki, Japan, on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and the Qing dynasty. The treaty ended the First Sino-Japanese War, in which the Japanese decisively defeated the Chinese land and na
summaryLong: The Treaty of Shimonoseki , also known as the Treaty of Maguan in China or the Treaty of Bakan  in Japan, was signed in Shimonoseki, Japan, on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and the Qing dynasty. The treaty ended the First Sino-Japanese War, in which the Japanese decisively defeated the Chinese land and naval forces. The treaty was signed at the Shunpanrō hotel by Count Itō Hirobumi and Viscount Mutsu Munemitsu for Japan and Li Hongzhang and his son Li Jingfang on behalf of China.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Treaty of Shimonoseki"
importance: 82
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki"
  title: Treaty of Shimonoseki
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Treaty of Shimonoseki , also known as the Treaty of Maguan in China or the Treaty of Bakan  in Japan, was signed in Shimonoseki, Japan, on April 17, 1895, b
wikidataQid: Q269655
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  capturedAt: 2026-07-02
  label: Treaty of Shimonoseki
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Shimonoseki"
