Description
- 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.
- Notes:
- Owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County.
- Translation (right to left): 1. AMERICAN PRESENTS TO THE JAPANESE: a. Five views of Bullet mold. b. Agricultural machine - could be straw cutter - Ruggi. ES Nourse Masom & Co. R.L. Allen, New York. c. Agricultural machine - cutter of some kind. d. Oval basin with two handles - probably a churn. e. Folding ladder - two views, both open and closed. f. Coin - East India Co. - Queen Victoria shown on reverse. g. Button [Navy symbol on front]. h. Cap. i. Powder bag. 2. MISCELLANEOUS PICTURES: Ship SARATOGA - entering Kanagawa Harbor from Shimada (1854). Paddle wheel. Picture of gangway showing main entrance to steamer. Ship POWHATTAN - deck. Smokestack and air vents, guns and swords mounted on cabin wall, cannon and cannon balls. At the bow of the ship a courier barge, filled with sailors. There is one man opening the door of the gun port so that a salute can be fired. 3. YOKOHAMA TREATY HOUSE: In the larger room benches are marked. The six rooms for the Japanese officials to wait in are all marked according to rank. The lower ranking officials are to be in the rooms lower down on the diagram and the higher officials are to be in the upper rooms. No waiting rooms for the Americans are shown. The small squares with circles inside are probably the toilets - there are eight of them. The two rooms marked in red at the upper part of the building are the secret conference rooms. These are off the main entertainment room.
Access Conditions
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Restrictions on Use
- Collection is open for research.
Citation
"Parts, ship view, floor plan"
(1854).
Perry in Japan: a visual history.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:304923/
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Perry in Japan: a visual history
Materials for use in cross-cultural evaluation of Perry's encounter with the Japanese....