Description
Pair of authentic 19th-century tinted lithographs.
These are genuine 1856 plates from Commodore Perry’s historic expedition when Japan first opened to the West.
These aren’t reproductions, but original government-commissioned works by the expedition artist William Heine.
1. detailed view of a Shinto temple in Shimoda.
2. ethnographic study of middle-class life in the Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa)
Larger is 44 x 34cm
