1856 Antique Japanese Woman Simoda Tinted Lithograph Perry Expedition to Japan

Rare original mid-18th century antique tinted lithograph plate from Commodore Matthew Perry's Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854. Genuine and fine mid-19th century antique tinted lithograph print from the three volume first edition of Commodore Matthew Perry's Narrative of the Expedition to Japan complete title: Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the command of Commodore M. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States.

Print undated but volumes from which it comes are known to have been published in 1856. This listing is for one of the best known prints from Perry's Expedition, "Japanese Woman from Simoda". Plate measures approximately 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches.

Generally clean, moderate to heavier foxing but mostly to margins as shown in photos. Edge-wear, light creasing to corners, rougher along right edge with chips/short closed tears along right edge not affecting image area. Plate is moderately toned, more toned along edges, but overall still quite bright.

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