Commodore Perry in Japan
Robert L. Reynolds; Editors of American Heritage; Consultant Douglas MacArthur II
- New York American Heritage Publishing Company 1963
- 153 p
- American heritage junior library .
Chronicles Matthew Perry's expedition to open Japan to world trade in the middle of the nineteenth century, describing the arduous diplomatic negotiations which finally led to the Treaty at Kanagawa. Illustrated with contemporary paintings which depict the imaginative reactions of Japanese artists to Perry's fleet.