Contemporary Japanese Watercolour and Ink Sketch Depicting Commodore Perry and Members of his Expedition in Japan

by Perry Expedition

$6,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A contemporary Japanese watercolour of Commodore Perry and members of his expedition, produced at the moment of the American squadron’s arrival in Japan and the opening of sustained diplomatic contact between Japan and the United States. This lively drawing belongs to the immediate visual culture generated by Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Japan in 1853. Perry entered Edo Bay in July 1853 to deliver President Fillmore's request for a treaty, and returned the

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