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Image of the landing of American naval troops in Japan in 1853 during the United States Naval Expedition to Japan (the Perry Expedition); Japanese men with spears stand in formation spread over the coastline to greet American soldiers as they disembark from boats onto the beach; more Japanese men in the foreground in boats and on shore, some holding the bridles of horses; hills of Japan in the background.
priJLC_MIL_001461
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Approx. 60 items - letters, memos, clippings and a booklet. Notable names and items include: maps of Tokyo and Kyoto ; other tourist info. ; "thank you" letters to various Japanese journalists and business people who hosted him during his visit to Japan ; "Program for the Fourth Japan-EC-U.S. Editors Symposium," 10/1982 ; communications with Mike Mansfield, Ambassador to Japan ; 2-pp. letter from Day to Sam Jameson, LAT Tokyo Bureau, asking for advice on what to see in do in a short visit to "get a better understanding of Japan" (7/28/1982) ; George Chaplin (Editor-in-Chief, Honolulu Advertiser) ; correspondence with various editors in Japan ; Lee Stinnett (ASNE) ; correspondence with US editors related to the Symposium ; 24-pp. booklet, The United States and Japan - a Wingspread Conference of editors ...convened by...the International Press Institute (1976) ; more. Split into two folders.
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Trilateral Commission (2 of 2)
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Approx. 60 items - letters, memos, clippings and a booklet. Notable names and items include: maps of Tokyo and Kyoto ; other tourist info. ; "thank you" letters to various Japanese journalists and business people who hosted him during his visit to Japan ; "Program for the Fourth Japan-EC-U.S. Editors Symposium," 10/1982 ; communications with Mike Mansfield, Ambassador to Japan ; 2-pp. letter from Day to Sam Jameson, LAT Tokyo Bureau, asking for advice on what to see in do in a short visit to "get a better understanding of Japan" (7/28/1982) ; George Chaplin (Editor-in-Chief, Honolulu Advertiser) ; correspondence with various editors in Japan ; Lee Stinnett (ASNE) ; correspondence with US editors related to the Symposium ; 24-pp. booklet, The United States and Japan - a Wingspread Conference of editors ...convened by...the International Press Institute (1976) ; more. Split into two folders.
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An illustrated manuscript, in two volumes, describing Japan's encounters with Westerners, including Commodore Perry's expedition to Japan in 1853 and the Russian expedition to Japan in the same year. This manuscript was compiled in multiple copies and sent to Japanese daimyo (feudal lords) across Japan to keep them updated on the latest diplomatic situation. This confidential report was sent to and read by Manabe Akikatsu, seventh daimyo of Sabae Domain in Echizen province. The manuscript also includes interviews with Japanese shipwreck survivors, including Nakahama Manjirō, who was one of the first Japanese people to visit the United States in 1841. The first volume contains 112 pages and the second 136 pages; both volumes are filled with fine ink drawings and brush and wash illustrations. The illustrations include depictions of American musical instruments, an American diving suit, Japanese landscapes, buildings, fortifications and forces, American and Japanese representatives, including Commodore Perry.
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Siege Battery, West Point - looking north
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Image of a landscape view of the Hudson River looking north from the Siege Battery at the United States Military Academy on West Point in Orange County, New York, including views of the "Cro' Nest," "Polipels Island," "Breakneck," and "Constitution Island" as captioned; boats visible on the river; soldiers with cannons in foreground.
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The attack on the barrier forts near Canton, China, by the American Squadron, Commodore James Armstrong, Nov 21st 1856
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Image of the attack on the barrier fort near Canton (now Guangzhou), China, by the United States ships San Jacinto, Portsmouth, and Levant during the Second Opium War; two ships visible at center with soldiers in smaller boats heading to shore; Canton coastline with small buildings and scattered Chinese people visible in background.
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