1857 Wood Engraving Japanese Kago Litter Travel Commodore W. C. Perry XGA5 EH1 Franz Hoffmann-Fallersleben (1855Ð1927) of Snezka

Franz Hoffmann-Fallersleben (1855Ð1927) of Snezka

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1857 Wood Engraving Japanese Kago Litter Travel Commodore W. C. Perry XGA5 EH1 Franz Hoffmann-Fallersleben (1855Ð1927) of SnezkaThis is an original 1857 black and white wood engraving of a Japanese Kago (a type of litter suspended by a crossbeam and carried by two men to transport a person) 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