1857 Wood Engraving Blacksmith Shop Shimoda Japan Commodore MC Perry XGA5 YCH1 (Please note that the outer

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1857 Wood Engraving Blacksmith Shop Shimoda Japan Commodore MC Perry XGA5 YCH1 (Please note that the outerThis is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of a Blacksmith Shop in Simoda (Shimoda), Japan, from United States Naval Commodore Matthew C. Perry's expedition to the Orient. Between the years of 1852 and 1854, President Millard Filmore ordered United States Navy Commodore Matthew Clabraith Perry to lead a squadron to Japan in order to establish diplomatic relations, open economic trade ports and protect American property and seamen in the