Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour (audio only)

Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour (audio only)

Follow Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour (audio only)

Share on

"Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan (1853-1854)" by John W. Dower Number one in the "Visualizing Japan" Web series On July 8, 1853, residents of feudal Japan beheld an astonishing sight—foreign warships entering their harbor under a cloud of black smoke. Commodore Matthew Perry had arrived to…

MIT

Apr 27, 2007 LATEST EPISODE
infrequent NEW EPISODES
14 EPISODES

facing east gunboat sketchbooks surveying drunken diplomacy scroll sailors ships landing ship demon clash black japanese west american

More podcasts from MIT

Conversations with MIT Medical

Conversations with MIT Medical

monthly

Asia Rising - Dower on "Asia Rising"

Asia Rising - Dower on "Asia Rising"

infrequent

Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour

Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour

infrequent

Black Ships & Samurai - MIT Meets Broadway

Black Ships & Samurai - MIT Meets Broadway

infrequent

Black Ships & Samurai - Black Ship Scroll

Black Ships & Samurai - Black Ship Scroll

infrequent

Ground Zero 1945 - Themes

Ground Zero 1945 - Themes

infrequent

Felice Beato's Japan: People - One-Minute Album: Felice Beato’s Views of Japan

Felice Beato's Japan: People - One-Minute Album: Felice Beato’s Views of Japan

infrequent

Felice Beato's Japan: Places - One-Minute Album: Felice Beato’s Views of Japan

Felice Beato's Japan: Places - One-Minute Album: Felice Beato’s Views of Japan

infrequent

Yokohama Boomtown - How to Make a Woodblock Print

Yokohama Boomtown - How to Make a Woodblock Print

infrequent

Search for episodes from Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour (audio only) with a specific topic:

Latest episodes from Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour (audio only)

bs114a Drunken Sailors

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:59

sailors drunken

bs113a Perry as Demon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:30

bs112a Black Ship Scroll

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:33

black ship scroll

bs111a Sketchbooks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:26

bs110a The Japanese View

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:53

bs109a Perry 2nd Landing

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 1:03

bs108a Surveying Edo Bay

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 1:14

bs107a The American View

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:53

bs106a Clash of Power

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:13

bs105a Paddlewheel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:25

bs104a Black Ships

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:49

bs103a Gunboat Diplomacy

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:48

diplomacy gunboat

bs102a Facing East Facing West

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 0:41

west facing east

bs101a Welcome

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2007 1:22

Claim Black Ships & Samurai - Exhibit Tour (audio only)

In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!