Japan: 'American sailors and the residents of Shimoda at Ryosen-ji', Wilhelm Heine (1827-1885), colour lithograph, 1856

William (Wilhelm) Heine was the official artist of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's' Black Ships' expedition to Japan in 1853-54.

On returning to the United States, he produced a series of prints depicting the trip. This project employed the New York lithographic firm of Sarony, at that time probably the most skilled craftsmen in their profession in the United States.

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