Treaty of Shimonoseki

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Treaty of Shimonoseki
Japanese sphere of influence   Annexed by Japan   Annexed by Japan, but temporarily lost due to the Triple Intervention; Kwantung Leased Territory (Ryojun) was later re-annexed after the Russo-Japanese War
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	下關條約
Simplified Chinese	下关条约
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xiàguān tiáoyuē Southern Min Hokkien POJ Hā-koan Tiâu-iok
Japanese name
Kanji	下関条約
Transcriptions Romanization Shimonoseki Jōyaku

The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, Hepburn: Shimonoseki Jōyaku), also known as the Treaty of Maguan (Chinese: 馬關條約; pinyin: Mǎguān Tiáoyuē; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-koan Tiâu-iok) in China and Treaty of Bakan (Japanese: 馬關條約, Hepburn: Bakan Jōyaku) in the period before and during World War II in Japan, was an unequal treaty signed at the Shunpanrō [ja] hotel, Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing China, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.

Under the terms of the treaty, China lost suzerainty over Korea; ceded sovereignty of the Penghu (Pescadores) Islands, Taiwan (Formosa) and the Liaodong Peninsula to Japan; agreed to pay substantial war indemnities to Japan; and opened China to Japanese foreign trade.

The peace conference took place from March 20 to April 17, 1895. This treaty followed and superseded the Sino-Japanese Friendship and Trade Treaty of 1871.^[1][2]