Japanese print showing head-and-shoulders portrait of commodore w:matthew c. Perry. 1 print on hōsho paper: woodcut, color; 37. 2 x 25 cm (block), 37. 4 x 25. 4 cm (sheet). The characters located across the top read from right to left, “a north american figure” and “portrait of perry. " according to the peabody essex museum, this print may be one of the first depictions of westerners in japanese art, and exaggerates perry's western features (oblong face, down-turned eyes, bushy brown eyebrows, and large nose). [1]. Date: circa 1854.
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