In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay with four American ships and a mission from the U.S. Government to open Japan to American trade. But how did the Japanese see their new visitors? The National Portrait Gallery's Wendy Wick Reaves shares a few Japanese artists' interpretations. (Captioned version: http://bit.ly/perryinjapan) | National Museum of American History
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In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay with four American ships and a mission from the U.S. Government to open Japan to American trade. But how did
National Museum of American History. . In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo Bay with four American ships and a mission from the U.S. Government to open Japan to American trade. But how did the Japanese see their new visitors? The National Portrait Gallery's Wendy Wick Reaves shares a few Japanese artists' interpretations ...
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