[Edo: c.1853, and c.1820.] Three woodblock sheets, two listing the feudal nobles in the Edo area, with the size of their domain, forces, banners etc, c.1853, and the third an earlier woodcut list of the names of members of the Matsudaira, Sakai, and Satake clans in Edo (for official use), c.1820, the last on two sheets joined, all on mulberry paper, various sizes. The arrival of Perry in 1853 was a great shock to the rulers of Japan, the Toguwara Clan, based in Edo. The Shogun immediately summoned the feudal lords to discuss methods of defense, and the lists here comprise most of the Lords in the Tokyo Bay area and the hinterlands, each declared what forces they had available to defend the country. In actuality, once Perry had anchored in Uraga Bay, he found his ships surrounded by small Japanese barges and ships pressing in, and so he ran out his guns to keep them from coming too close, and waited out the stand-off until he was able to deliver the letters from President Fillmore and himself personally to the envoys of Emperor (or so he believed).
[Edo: c.1853, and c.1820.] Three woodblock sheets, two listing the feudal nobles in the Edo area, with the size of their domain, forces, banners etc, c.1853, and the third an earlier woodcut list of the names of members of the Matsudaira, Sakai, and Satake clans in Edo (for official use), c.1820, the last on two sheets joined, all on mulberry paper, various sizes. The arrival of Perry in 1853 was a great shock to the rulers of Japan, the Toguwara Clan, based in Edo. The Shogun immediately summoned the feudal lords to discuss methods of defense, and the lists here comprise most of the Lords in the Tokyo Bay area and the hinterlands, each declared what forces they had available to defend the country. In actuality, once Perry had anchored in Uraga Bay, he found his ships surrounded by small Japanese barges and ships pressing in, and so he ran out his guns to keep them from coming too close, and waited out the stand-off until he was able to deliver the letters from President Fillmore and himself personally to the envoys of Emperor (or so he believed).
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