Temple of Ben-Teng in the Harbor of Simoda
$1,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
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A fine plate of Shimoda harbour in Japan, showing the Benten temple on a rocky, tree-covered rise above the water from Graphic Scenes of the Japan Expedition. 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 supplies and refuelling. Heine records the harbour as a coastal landscape of daily movement, local
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