In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry led a fleet of black ships to shock the peace of Japan. Initial fear gave way to curiosity, and single-sheet woodblock prints shared details about the US retinue ...

Object Details Author Houchins, Chang-su Subject Perry, Matthew Calbraith 1794-1858 United States Naval Expedition to Japan, 1852-1854 National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology ...

In August 1945, John K. Bremyer undertook a 124-hour, 9,000-mile journey to Tokyo Bay, where he delivered the flag flown by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1853 to Admiral William Halsey's USS "Missouri" ...