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Japan’s First Long Look At The West: A Portfolio

December 2025
1min read

TENSIONS EASE BETWEEN SHIP AND SHORE, AND PERRY GOES SIGHT SEEING

AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY AND MILITARY METHODS AMAZE THE JAPANESE

JAPANESE WRESTLERS, AMERICAN MINSTRELS ENLIVEN THE TREATY MAKING

A LILLIPUTIAN LOCOMOTIVE DELIGHTS PERRY’S HOSTS

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