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Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour

by MIT

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"Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan (1853-1854)" by John W. Dower Number one in the "Visualizing Japan" Web series On July 8, 1853, residents of feudal Japan beheld an astonishing sight—foreign warships entering their harbor under a cloud of black smoke. Commodore Matthew Perry had arrived to force the long-secluded country to open its doors. EXHIBIT TOUR John Dower tours the Black Ships & Samurai Exhibit. BLACK SHIP SCROLL A lively caricature of Perry's expedition in a Japanese scroll (animation, silent). MIT MEETS BROADWAY Exhibit for Sondheim musical "Pacific Overtures" at Studio 54 (animation, silent).

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