[Commodore Perry in Japan] – Historic Print
![[Commodore Perry in Japan], 1850 — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a4/a4865b87526f-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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[Commodore Perry in Japan]
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A Nagasaki woodcut that places the American naval commander Matthew Perry in Japanese popular print, colored on thin hōsho paper. The record credits the engraver Koizumi Minokichi (1833–1906), who worked in Nagasaki, the one port where Japan kept limited trade with foreigners before 1854. The catalog date of 1850 comes before Perry's arrival in Edo Bay in 1853, so it is likely an estimate. Prints like this circulated widely after the American squadron came, drawing crowds with images of the unfamiliar visitors and their ships.
| Created / published | 1850 |
|---|---|
| Creator | Koizumi Minokichi 1833-1906 engraver. |
| Medium | 1 print on hōsho paper : woodcut color ; 35.5 x 11 cm. (block) 40.7 x 15 cm. (sheet) |
| Notes | Title from item. Nagasaki print. Annotations stamps etc. on verso of print: 161; LC2585; 8; 47623a (white label); see pl. 29 of 2nd series of Nagasaki prints. Earlier control number: 236.3-10. Gift; Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; 1930; (DLC/PP-1930:47623a). Forms part of: Chadbourne collection of Japanese prints (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Perry Matthew Calbraith 1794-1858--Journeys--Japan. Military officers--American--1850-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,130 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-JFP-227717 |
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