united states naval expedition to japan

[Two U.S. Marine officers and two enlisted men, members of Perry's Jap...

Drawing is first panel on the scroll "Perry's First Landing at Kurihama, July 8, 1853 ." Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.

[U.S.S. Susquehanna, Commodore Perry's flag ship, full starboard view]

Drawing is on the "Susquehanna & Mississippil Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan. Watercolor drawing Taguchi Shumpei.

Hats, pistol case, drum, shoe, and pipe used by American Marines and s...

Panels four of the "Machinery scroll' depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by a contemporary Japanese artist.

[U.S. Marines, led by four musicians, marching in formation toward two...

Drawing is fourth scene on the "American Doll Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.

[U.S. Marine smoking pipe as drawn by Japanese artist]

Drawing is the last scene on the "American Doll Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by contemporary Japanese artist.

[Paddle wheel mechanism of side-wheel steamer]

Drawing is third panel on the "Machinery Scroll", depicting Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853. Watercolor drawing by contemporary Japanese artist.

[Port views of the U.S.S. Susquehanna and the U.S.S. Mississippi under...

Drawings are panels one and two of the "Machinery scroll' depicting Perry's expedition to Japan, 1853. Watercolor by a contemporary Japanese artist.

First landing of Americans in Japan, under Commodore M.C. Perry at Gor...

Print showing sailors, officers, and members of the Japanese delegation in formations on the beach, also boats with dignitaries setting off from shore, and two American ships in the harbor.

Dinner given to the Japanese commissioners on board U.S.S.F. Powhatan ...

Print shows a banquet given for the Japanese commissioners on board the U.S.S. Powhatan, possibly in the bay at Edo (Tokyo). Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas an... More

Ancient castle of Na-Ga-Gus-Ko, Lew Chew / from nature by Heine ; figu...

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Bridge & causeway at Ma-Chi-Na-Too, Lew Chew Jas. Queen delt. ; P.S. D...

Print shows travelers on a country road crossing a bridge and causeway in Okinawa, Japan, showing river and buttes on the right and rice paddies on the left. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an Ameri... More

Delivering of the American presents at Yokuhama / from nature by W.T. ...

Print shows the presentation of American products to the Japanese at Yokohama-shi, Japan. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and ... More

Chinese apparatus for hulling and coarse grinding rice / J.B. Meffert ...

Print shows a man driving a water buffalo hitched to a large grinding wheel in a circular trough for grinding and hulling rice; farmers arriving with baskets of rice to pour into the trough. Plate from: Narrat... More

Chief interpreter Moryamo Yenoski and Tako Juro interpreter / dag. by ...

Print shows two Japanese men, Moryamo Yenoski and Tako Juro, full-length portrait, standing facing front, as interpreters for members of the Perry expedition in Japan. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition o... More

Bay of Wodowara / from nature by Heine[,] shipping by Walke ; lith. of...

Print shows two American side wheel steam frigates and a large rowboat during rough seas in the Bay of Wodowara. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... ... More

Delivery of the President's letter / T. Sinclair's Lith., Philada.

Print shows the American delegation, under the command of Matthew C. Perry, presenting a letter from President Fillmore to the Japanese, requesting the establishment of diplomatic and trade relations. Plate fr... More

Fish market Canton / from nature by W. Heine ; lith. of Sarony & Co., ...

Print shows street scene at a fish market in Canton, China. Illus. from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853 and 1854, under the c... More

Macao from Penha Hill W. Heine ; J. Queen delt. ; P.S. Duval & Co., Ph...

Print shows a view of the harbor at Macao, with buildings along the waterfront; also shows two porters with shoulder poles on a roadway at bottom center, and a group of women on the lower right who may be nuns.... More

Japanese women, Simoda / dag. by E. Brown, Jr. ; T. Sinclair's lith., ...

Print shows two Japanese women, full-length, seated on a bench or raised sleeping area. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ... in ... 1852, 1853, and 18... More

Public bath at Simoda from nature by W. Heine ; Js. Queen delt. ; P.S....

Print shows an interior view of a public bathhouse in Shimoda, Japan, with men and women bathing. Inscribed in pencil on verso: "This was the 'suppressed' plate for the government publication of the Perry Expe... More

U.S. steam frigate Mississippi passing Punta Tristao. N. west point of...

Print shows the American side wheel steam frigate Mississippi on rough seas as it passes Tristram Point, Madeira. Plate from: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China Seas and Japan ...... More

William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

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William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

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William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

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William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

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William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

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William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

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William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1 and 2

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[Kita-Amerika gasshukoku: Peruri to yu mono Soshu Uraga ni torai su]

Japanese diptych print shows Perry's steamship in bottom right panel; map of the coast of Soshu in left panel; various Japanese coats of arms in upper half of both panels. Diptych matted in 2 sections: 2a (rig... More

[Kita-Amerika gasshukoku: Peruri to yu mono Soshu Uraga ni torai su]

Japanese diptych print shows Perry's steamship in bottom right panel; map of the coast of Soshu in left panel; various Japanese coats of arms in upper half of both panels. Diptych matted in 2 sections: 2a (rig... More

[Kita-Amerika gasshukoku: Peruri to yu mono Soshu Uraga ni torai su]

Japanese diptych print shows Perry's steamship in bottom right panel; map of the coast of Soshu in left panel; various Japanese coats of arms in upper half of both panels. Diptych matted in 2 sections: 2a (rig... More

[Kita-Amerika gasshukoku: Peruri to yu mono Soshu Uraga ni torai su]

Japanese diptych print shows Perry's steamship in bottom right panel; map of the coast of Soshu in left panel; various Japanese coats of arms in upper half of both panels. Diptych matted in 2 sections: 2a (rig... More

William Speiden journals: Illustrations removed from volume 1

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

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William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855

William Speiden journals: Vol. 2, July 3, 1854-Feb. 16, 1855