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by Black Ships In Edo Bay A Kawaraban Chronicle Of Perry S 1854 Return

A$2,975 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Japan . Circa 1854 . Stock ID #221083 Black and white wood block print on three joined sheets, 36.3 x 92.7cm. Some small holes professionally repaired with washi, a little soiling and some light staining in one section near the lower margin. This rare and visually arresting kawaraban records the second arrival of Commodore Perry and his fleet in 1854, when negotiations with the Tokugawa bakufu culminated in the Convention of Kanagawa. Produced for

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