Japan / USA: Japanese painting of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, c. 1854.
Caption:
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.
Credit:
Album / Pictures From History/Universal Images Group