(JAPAN) Shipwreck of the Wakamiya Maru

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(JAPAN.) Shipwreck of the Wakamiya Maru. Ink and watercolor manuscript scroll on 8 sheets of thin paper joined. 9x50 1/4 inches; minor worm track, right-most panel lined on verso. Japan, Bunka 1 (1804)

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Manuscript scroll relating portions of the story of the Japanese crew of the Wakamiya-Maru, a ship who came off her course in 1793 and was stranded in the North Pacific Ocean. The sailors were rescued by Russian officials and taken to Siberia, where they remained for many years. Eventually the crew was taken to St. Petersburg for an audience with the Tsar and several of the men returned to Japan as part of the Rezanov Embassy. The Tsar's Imperial Standard is seen flying above the fortification at the right.