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 185...
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 ...
Subject (Name):
Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858--Travel--Japan. and United States. Navy. East India Squadron
Subject (Topic):
United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854--Pictorial works
