1857 Wood Engraving Chief Temple Shimoda Japan Commodore M. C. Perry XGA5 LF2 Gabriel Belot (1882-1962) for the

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1857 Wood Engraving Chief Temple Shimoda Japan Commodore M. C. Perry XGA5 LF2 Gabriel Belot (1882-1962) for theThis is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of the street and entrance to the Chief Temple in Simoda (Shimoda), Japan, from United States Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to the Orient. Between the years of 1852 and 1854, President Millard Filmore ordered United States Navy Commodore Matthew Clabraith Perry to lead a squadron to Japan in order to establish diplomatic relations, open economic trade ports and protect American