Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
Author: Rhoda Blumberg
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0061971693

In 1853, few Japanese people knew that a country called America even existed. For centuries, Japan had isolated itself from the outside world by refusing to trade with other countries and even refusing to help shipwrecked sailors, foreign or Japanese. The country's people still lived under a feudal system like that of Europe in the Middle Ages. But everything began to change when American Commodore Perry and his troops sailed to the Land of the Rising Sun, bringing with them new science and technology, and a new way of life.

Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan

Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan
Author: Francis Lister Hawks
Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Signified their resolve through systematic expulsion, detention and execution. Perry's success, however, contrived to open up what had once been 'the curiosity of Christendom' to the nations of the world.

With Commodore Perry to Japan

With Commodore Perry to Japan
Author: John A Wolter
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2013-11-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1612513379

With Commodore Perry to Japan offers a personal account of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry’s expedition to Japan through the eyes of a sixteen-year-old purser’s clerk of the USS Mississippi. The documentary edition, endorsed by the National Historic Publications & Records Commission, provides excellent coverage of both the political mission of the Perry expedition, the opening of relations with Japan, and of the social history of a naval warship as well. Also included are fifty-five illustrations ranging from hand drawn, pen-and-ink scenes of everyday life sketched by Speiden and other members of the crew to exquisitely detailed pith paintings by Chinese artists.

With Perry to Japan

With Perry to Japan
Author: Wilhelm Heine
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1990
Genre: History
ISBN:

A translation of the firsthand account of the 1853 "opening" of Japan by the US Navy, written by the young German official artist of the expedition, and first published in 1856. Includes nearly 20 drawings by Heine (1827-1885) and Japanese artists, and a chronology. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)