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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.133
Title
Picture of a Steamship (Jokisen no zu) and Picture of the True Form of a Person of the Northern United States of America (Kita Amerika gasshū koku jinbutsu shinzō no zu)
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1853-54
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Period
Edo period, 1615-1868
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203617

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodblock print; ink on paper

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Honorable Joseph C. Grew
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.133
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Broadsheet (kawaraban) of a steamship and American soldier, possibly related to Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan.

Verification Level

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