Broadsheet portrait of Perry

Title

Broadsheet portrait of Perry

Subject

Commodore Matthew Perry

Description

Black and white kawaraban (broadsheet) image of Perry.
The title reads: "A true likeness of the commanding officer from the Republic of North America"
北亜墨利加洪和政治洲上官真像之写 (kita amerika kyowa seiji shū jōkan shinzō no utsushi)

Creator

Unknown

Source

MIT Visualizing Cultures

Part of the essay: Black Ships and Samurai by John W. Dower

Publisher

Unknown

Date

1854

Format

Monochrome printed broadsheet (kawaraban)

Files

Perry_Kawaraban_Omeka.jpg

Citation

Unknown, “Broadsheet portrait of Perry,” Japan's Samurai Revolution, accessed April 19, 2024, https://samurairevolution.omeka.net/items/show/4.