Perry Expedition to Japan. 19th-century Japanese artwork depicting the fleet of US Navy Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) in Uraga Harbour

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Perry Expedition to Japan. 19th-century Japanese artwork depicting the fleet of US Navy Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858) in Uraga Harbour, near what would later be Tokyo. Perry first arrived here with four warships on 8 July 1853, returning with twice that number in February 1854. This is the left-hand panel of a Japanese diptych print. Above the coastline and ships (bottom) are the coats of arms of Japanese feudal lords assigned duties in this area. This show of force by the US resulted in Japanese fortifications being built in the bay, and the signing on 31 March 1854 of a treaty called the Convention of Kanagawa.

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Size: 2846px × 3686px
Photo credit: © LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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