7764 x 5658 px | 65,7 x 47,9 cm | 25,9 x 18,9 inches | 300dpi
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Commodore Perry s delegation panel 4 of 5 Matthew Calbraith Perry April 10 1794 March 4 1858 was the Commodore of the U S Navy who compelled the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854 In 1852 Perry embarked from Norfolk Virginia for Japan in command of a squadron in search of a Japanese trade treaty Aboard a black hulled steam frigate he ported Mississippi Plymouth Saratoga and Susquehanna at Uraga Harbor near Edo modern Tokyo on July 8 1853 and was met by representatives of the Tokugawa Shogunate who told him to proceed to Nagasaki where there was limited trade with the Netherlands and which was the only Japanese port open to foreigners at that time Perry refused to leave and demanded permission to present a letter from President Millard Fillmore threatening force if he was denied The Japanese military forces could not resist Perry s modern weaponry the Black Ships would then become in Japan a threatening symbol of Western technology The Japanese government let Perry come ashore to avoid a naval bombardment Perry landed at Kurihama in modern day Yokosuka on July 14 presented the letter to delegates present and left for the Chinese coast promising to return for a reply
