Jun 03, 2021 - Sale 2571

Sale 2571 - Lot 37

Price Realized: $ 2,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(JAPAN -- PERRY.) [U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's arrival in Japan, July 8th, 1853]. Manuscript scroll of ink lettering on 5 sheets of thin paper joined, woodblock kawaraban broadside tipped to right edge. 11x71 inches overall (printed illustration sheet 9 1/4x11 inches); some staining but no tears or other major damage. Japan, circa 1853

Additional Details

Official manuscript report announcing the arrival of Perry's fleet into Edo, mentioning the 4 Black Ships and their outfitted armaments (106 guns), officers, crew, etc. The attached contemporary woodblock kawaraban titled "Amerika Sen" is a fine detailed portrait of one of these ships.