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Banpaku Shimoda nyuko kikigaki "A Ledger of Foreign Ships Entering the Port of Shimoda".

1856rif. 191708Japan: c. 1856. The first Western ships in a newly opened Japan An untraced manuscript record of the Western ships that arrived in Shimoda after Perry signed the Convention of Kanagawa. They include those from his fleet such as the Mississippi and the Macedonian as well as the Russian flagship Diana and many smaller trading vessels about which little information survives. Compiled anonymously the ledger begins on 25 February 1854 and ends on 26 February 1856. Over this period the scribe recorded the names captains armaments and crew compliments of each vessel that arrived in port. While much of this information is available elsewhere for larger American ships such as the Vandalia there are fewer resources that give details on smaller trading ships such as the Lady Pierce Caroline E. Foote Vincennes and Hancock. For example this ledger notes that the Caroline E. Foote docked 21 January to 9 February 1855 arrived with 21 people including 3 women and 2 children a boy aged 9 and a girl aged 5 before ferrying Russian sailors who had been staying in Toda village back to Kamchatka. The scribe also notes the arrival of Russian ships including the flagship Diana. Her captain Yevfimy Putyatin was sent to negotiate the Treaty of Shimoda. In December 1854 the fleet was hit by a tsunami causing the Diana to spin round her mooring 42 times. Three French ships are recorded in the manuscript transcribed as the Napoleon III Havre Constantine and Colbert. We have been unable to trace information about these vessels in other sources. Large octavo 245 x 171 mm ff. 15. Manuscript in red and black on recto and verso of leaves; text in classical Japanese. Original manuscript title leaf paper string koyori tied through one hole. Together with manuscript draft drawing of a Dutch officer 327 x 243 mm stamp of the artist "Toho" in red. Creased as expected a few worm holes internally some repaired otherwise bright: a very good example. unknown

Peter Harrington · Regno Unito3000,00 £≈ 3570,24 €

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