MIT Visualizing Cultures
The Black Ship Scroll is a 30-foot long scroll (emaki) painted in Shimoda, one of two treaty ports opened in 1854 as a result of Commodore Matthew Perry's mission to long-secluded Japan. Several versions of this lively and often humorous scroll were circulated to satisfy curiosity about the foreigners.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology © 2008 Visualizing Cultures
MIT Visualizing CulturesMenu
MIT Visualizing Cultures
Units
Black Ships & Samurai
MIT Visualizing Cultures VC Units MIT Visualizing Cultures About VC VC Scholars Partner Institutions K-12 Education Outreach Events Contact Help Site Map VC Units Units Icon View Text View Black Ships & Samurai Essay Visual Narratives Black Ship Scroll Image Database Curriculum