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Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun
by Rhoda Blumberg
- HISTORY
- 2003
- PAPER
- 144 PAGES
- MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A culturally aware account of Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition to Edo-era Japan, illustrated with 19th-century Japanese prints. It was Perry's naval expedition that opened Japan to the West after centuries of isolationism, and now the Commodore introduces Old Japan to a new generation of readers (ages 9 to 12). Children will not soon forget the chapter about the Japanese feudal system. A 1986 Newbery Honor Book.
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