The Japanese Mission of 1860 - White House Historical Association
2015年4月23日 · The Japanese left behind a capital city fascinated by their mysterious tonsure and attire, as well as exotic gifts such as an intricately ornate black lacquered sho-dana (shelf cabinet). The treaty ratified during their visit remained in force for the next forty years.
The Japanese Mission of 1860 - White House Historical Association
During the 1850s Japan gradually began to discard its isolationist foreign policy of sakoku (“locked country”) and began opening some of its ports to foreign tr...
The Japanese Mission of 1860 - White House Historical Association
This was the first visit to the United States by Japanese diplomats. The visit was a response to the 1852-1854 expedition to Japan by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry that resulted in an open trade treaty between the two nations.
The Japanese Mission of 1860 - White House Historical Association
From left to right, interpreters Tateishi “Tommy” Onojiro, Tateishi Tokujura and Namura Moronoi, 1860.
Harriet Lane - White House Historical Association
After Japan reopened trade with the United States in the 1850s, a delegation of Japanese envoys visited Washington, D.C. in May 1860. 4 She also oversaw a visit from Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, the future King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 5
The Japanese Mission of 1860 - White House Historical Association
"Visitors from the East: President Buchanan Greets Visitors from Far Away, 1860," by Peter Waddell.
The Japanese Mission of 1860 - White House Historical Association
President James Buchanan’s niece and White House hostess Harriet Lane (1830-1903), c. 1860.
The Japanese Mission of 1860 - White House Historical Association
"Visitors from the East: President Buchanan Greets Visitors from Far Away, 1860," by Peter Waddell.
Japanese Silk Panels at the Decatur House
2020年7月29日 · Inside the Decatur House’s California Room hangs a series of remarkable nineteenth-century Japanese silk panels that depict the changing seasons. The paintings, created by Japanese artist Utagawa Kunitsuru, were signed by the artist in 1872.
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