(JAPAN PERRY) Amerika Banashi [Manuscript report relating

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(JAPAN -- PERRY.) Amerika Banashi. [Manuscript report relating events of the arrival of Commodore Perry.] 150 pages, 7 double-page ink illustrations. 8vo format, 8 3/4x6 inches, original blue paper wrappers with manuscript title label, new stitching, scattered worm tracking. Japan, 1853-1855

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Fine manuscript report covering both of Perry's visits to Japan to negotiate international commerce. Sketches include: Portrait of one of Perry's Black Ships; Map of the Black Ships entering Uraga and Edo Bay; Ceremonial meeting place for the signing of treaties; Procession of Perry's officers; Sketch of a steam engine given as a present to the Japanese; Other gifts from the United States to Japan; Sumo wrestlers effortlessly delivering bales of rice to American boats while the American sailors struggle to lift them.