Brief Account of the United States, vol. 2, 1861, Elijah Coleman Bridgman; Collaborator: Guiding marks by Mitsukuri Genpo; Publisher: Yorozuya Heishirō; Carver: Takeguchi Rōsaburō, American, 1801 - 1861, 10 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 1/2 in. ( × × cm), Woodblock printed book; ink and color on paper, Japan, 19th century, This is a Japanese reprint of a Chinese book written by the American missionary Elijah C. Bridgman and published in Shanghai in 1861. It is the first, thorough account of the United States written by an American that was published in Japan.

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