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<mods:title>Name cards, sword, and scabbard</mods:title>

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<mods:name type="personal">

<mods:namePart>Dring, Hideko</mods:namePart>

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<mods:name type="personal">

<mods:namePart>Smith, Sarah Anne Greene</mods:namePart>

<mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">translator</mods:roleTerm></mods:role>

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<mods:name type="corporate">

<mods:namePart>Preservation Society of Newport County</mods:namePart>

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<mods:typeOfResource>still image</mods:typeOfResource>



<mods:genre authority="aat">scroll paintings</mods:genre>



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<mods:placeTerm authority="marccountry" type="code">ja</mods:placeTerm>

<mods:placeTerm type="text">Japan</mods:placeTerm>

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<mods:dateCreated encoding="w3cdtf" keyDate="yes" qualifier="questionable">1854</mods:dateCreated>

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<mods:language>

<mods:languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">jpn</mods:languageTerm>

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<mods:physicalDescription>

<mods:extent>portion of scroll; 26.7 x 113.6 cm.</mods:extent>

<mods:digitalOrigin>reformatted digital</mods:digitalOrigin>

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<mods:abstract>Portion of framed scroll, dated 1854 according to the Preservation Society of Newport County; executed by Japanese artists to document Commodore Matthew Perry's opening of trade with Japan.</mods:abstract>



<mods:note type="ownership">Owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County.</mods:note>



<mods:note>Translation (right to left): Size of cards is 1 sun 5 bu by 2 sun 5 bu. 1. H.A. Adams -- Captain of the Fleet. 2. [illegible] 3. [in Chinese characters -- probably by the Chinese interpreter, Lo] 4. [Long sheet, 1st line illegible]. [Next three lines] -- The United States Ship Frigate MISSISSIPPI. 5. Sword: size 3 shaku 5 bu. Handle is 4 su 8 bu. The brown part of the hilt is rusty iron. 6. Scabbard -- length 3 shaku 2 sun. The metal at the top is brass and also wire. Main part is of polished iron.</mods:note>



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<mods:title>Perry in Japan : a Visual History</mods:title>

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<mods:identifier type="URI">http://dl.lib.brown.edu/perry</mods:identifier>

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<mods:titleInfo>

<mods:title>Japan Expedition under Commodore Perry</mods:title>

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<mods:identifier displayLabel="Preservation Society of Newport County Accession No." type="local">PSNC.1084.3</mods:identifier>



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