Painting of the United States East India Squadron in Tokyo Bay

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Title: Painting of the United States East India Squadron in Tokyo Bay
Creator: Osai
Contributor: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858--Travel--Japan.
United States. Navy. East India Squadron
Published / Created: [ca. 1862-1880]
Abstract: Watercolor and oil painting on silk depicting black ships, consisting of two sailing ships and two steamships of the United States East India Squadron led by Commodore Matthew Perry upon his second visit to Japan, probably in Tokyo Bay in February 1854.
Description: The colophon on the right side of the image states: "On the sixteenth day of the second month in the seventh year of the Kaei period [1854] six steamships from the American navy entered the harbor, their ships having high masts and great speed. [This pain
Extent: 1 painting
38.0 x 109.0 cm. in frame 56.0 x 136.2 cm.
watercolor and oil on silk

Format: still image
Genre: Oil paintings
Paintings
Watercolors (Paintings)
Subject (Name): Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858--Travel--Japan.
United States. Navy. East India Squadron
Subject (Topic): United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854--Pictorial works

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