Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...

there was the mythical tale of the U.S. naval officer Commodore Matthew C. Perry, with his fleet of black ships, sailing into Tokyo Bay in 1853, forcing Japan to rejoin the world. Yet, lo ...

Japan’s ruling Tokugawa shogunate had successfully prevented foreigners from entering its country for 214 years when Matthew C. Perry, a commodore in the US Navy, landed in Tokyo Bay in 1853. For more ...

The Perry Memorial Hall is a museum that illustrates the Perry Expedition (1853－1854), which paved the way to the opening of Japan, and the history leading to it through dioramas and historical ...

Yet, unlike Commodore Perry, Japan could not visit Washington with physical arms to force the United States from retreating into its own version of a 21st century sakoku. Instead, just like their ...

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Important paintings, fine jewelry and striking decorative objects ranging from Japanese vases to tiny gold boxes drove Clarke Auction Gallery’s October 29-30 auction to a grand total of over $1.5 ...