PrintsJapanese19th century

Picture of the Current Confrontation of Americans in Japan (Kono tabi amerikajin dai nihon taimen no zu)

c. 1857

Description

Procession of Townsend Harris.

Classification

Prints

Medium

Woodblock print; ink on paper

Culture

Japanese

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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