Three Contemporary Japanese Manuscript accounts of the arrival of Commodore Perry in Japan, including a copy of the official government report of events

by Perry Expedition

$12,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Original paper wrappers, stitched as issued. Contemporary manuscript annotations in red ink in one volume Vital contemporary Japanese manuscript accounts of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Uraga Bay in July 1853, preserving official, documentary, and observational responses by Japanese officials and participants to the encounter that transformed Japan's relations with the wider world. The first manuscript, Uraga kurofune ni kansuru, comprises an official

• Binding: Wrappers

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