かわら版ミシシッピ号. Kawaraban Misisippi-go . Kawaraban Showing Matthew Perry's Flagship, the Mississippi

by Perry Expedition - Uss Mississippi

A$650 · Offered by Asia Bookroom

Japan . Circa 1853 . Stock ID #218388 Two black and white woodblock kawarabans, 18 x 24cm, some light staining at margins but overall very good. A black-and-white kawaraban popular broadsheet woodblock print showing Commodore Matthew Perry's flagship, the Mississippi, at the time of his visit to Japan in 1853. The text accompanying the carefully depicted ship gives the dimensions of the vessel and other details including the number of crew. It then

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