Temple of Ben-Teng in the Harbor of Simoda

by Wilhelm Heine

$1,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

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A fine plate from Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition of a Benten temple in Shimoda, Japan harbour showing one of the treaty ports opened to American vessels in 1854 through the combined lens of topography, harbour life, and local religious practice. Shimoda, or Simoda in the period spelling used here, had particular importance for Perry's expedition. Under the Treaty of Kanagawa, signed on 31 March 1854, it was one of the two ports opened to American vessels for

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