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.  (JPN98, $8.99)