[View of Washington, D.C., copied from a sketch made by a member of the first Japanese delegation to the United States] – Historic Photograph Print
![[View of Washington, D.C., copied from a sketch made by a member of the first Japanese delegation to the United States], [not before 1860] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0a/0ab73401cc85-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic drawing of [View of Washington, D.C., copied from a sketch made by a member of the first Japanese delegation to the United States] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[View of Washington, D.C., copied from a sketch made by a member of the first Japanese delegation to the United States]
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Few Japanese artists of the period recorded the American capital, which makes this ink and watercolor view of Washington, D.C., unusual. It is a copy of a sketch made by a member of the first official Japanese delegation to the United States, and it appears as a page in an illustrated travel diary, *Meriken kōkai nikki ryakuzu*. The delegation reached Washington in 1860, when it was received as a state visit and took part in the formal exchange of treaty documents. Its members wrote and drew what struck them about a country they had little knowledge of, so the picture reflects a visitor's eye as much as a survey of the city.
| Created / published | [not before 1860] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : ink and watercolor. |
| Genre | organized by the Library of Congress, 2001. |
| Notes | Page in: Meriken kōkai nikki ryakuzu. [Japan, not before 1860]. Title devised by Library staff. Published in: The floating world of Ukiyo-e : shadows, dreams, and substance / essays by Sandy Kita ... [et al.], New York : Abrams in association with the Library of Congress, 2001, p. 137. Exhibited: The Floating world of Ukiyo-e: shadows |
| Subjects | Washington (D.C.)--1860. Visits of state--Japanese--United States--Washington (D.C.)--1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,704 × 4,559 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222110 |
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