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The Black Ship Scroll
The Black Ship Scroll
The Black Ship Scroll

The Black Ship Scroll

Artist
Date1854
GeographyJapan
Mediumink and color on paper
DimensionsScroll: 10 7/8 × 401 15/16 in. (27.6 × 1021 cm)
Scroll in bag: 12 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (30.5 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Walter F. Dillingham, in memory of Alice Perry Grew, 1960 (2732.1)
Object number2732.1
DescriptionThis long scroll depicts Shimoda Harbor with the squadrons of Commodore Perry, officers, men from Perry's ships; drawings of their uniforms, utensils, servants, flags, various activities (including the photographing of a Shimoda courtesan (Okichi?) "to show the American King"); a geisha party; huge bust portraits of Perry, his leaders, lists of feasts provided for the Americans and a careful duplicate of a Shimoda tombstone to a dead U.S. Marine.
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