Opening of japan to the west posters & prints

The United States Expedition to Japan: Commodore Matthew C. Perry, Commander of the United States Expedition, 1853 Anonymous

Looking west over the Kamo River (Kamogawa) at Shijo bridge, Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Drifting in a Boat, 1847 Tsubaki Chinzan

The Arrival of The European Traders. Japan, 1600 Anonymous

The west side of the five-storey Yasaka Pagoda, Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Looking west from Nihon bashi (bridge), towards the centre of Tokyo, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Opening of the West Pier at Brighton, UK, 1866 Anonymous

Banquet of five nations (Yokohama club), 1861 Yoshitomi Utagawa

The First Month, 1782 Torii Kiyonaga

Arrival of a Portuguese ship. Nanban screen. Detail: Japanese Christians, ca. 1600 Anonymous

Travellers resting under the pines at Suzukawa, old post road from Tokyo to Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Landscape, 18th century Gion Nankai

The Courtesan Kisagata of Ohishiya Strolling at Night with Two Shinzo and a Kamuro, c. 1790 Ch?bunsai Eishi

The Arrival of The European Traders. Japan, 1600 Anonymous

Modern costumes of Japanese officers Anonymous

The Japanese led by General Oshima invade Ping Yang, Korea Anonymous

Toto ryogokubashi kawabiraki han'ei zu, Flourishing fireworks at Ryokoku Bridge Kawabiraki (opening the river ceremony) in the eastern capital Utagawa Toyokuni

Fishing village of Obatake on the Inland Sea, looking north to the terraced rice fields, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Commodore Perry's Gift of a Railway to the Japanese in 1853 Ando or Utagawa Hiroshige

Bamboo avenue, looking south-west, near Kiyomizu, Kyoto, Japan Underwood & Underwood

Men gathering rushes near Suzukawa, Fujiyama, Japan Underwood & Underwood

View of West Lake, 1700s Ike Taiga

The Shogun receiving investiture from an imperial envoy, Japan Anonymous

Western Kings on Horseback, First third of 17th cen Anonymous

Episode from a parody of the Chushingura, Japanese Anonymous

Woman Opening Up a Parasol While Walking in the Snow at Night Near the Motonoyanagi Bridge Anonymous

Native boats on a waterway in Yokohama, Japan Clarence H White

Japanese garden at the World's Fair, St Louis, Missouri, USA Underwood & Underwood

Queen Mother of the West, first half of the 19th century Kano Osanobu

Opening of the Paris Exhibition — Presentation of the British Commission to Marshal Maahon, France Anonymous

A Long Tale for an Autumn Night, ca. 1400 Unknown

Japan Anonymous

The destruction of Russian fleet of war vessels at Lüshun (Poster), 1904 Anonymous

The destruction of Russian torpedo destroyers by Japanese destroyers at Port Arthur, 1904 Ryozo Tanaka

The White Path to the Western Paradise across Two Rivers, 1200s Unknown

Japanese officers going to pay visits of congratulation Anonymous