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British Museum Perry Scroll

17 April 2013 @ 10:00 am - 13 October 2013 @ 5:00 pm

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The ‘Perry Scroll’ is a remarkable handscroll painting showing a vibrant pictorial record of US Commodore Matthew Perry’s momentous second visit to Japan in 1854. The painting records a later major event in Japanese relations with the wider world. The handscroll will go on display from 17th April in the Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries

Acquired with contributions from Brooke Sewell Bequest, JTI Japanese Acquisition Fund, Friends of the British Museum, Noriko & Shigeru Myojin, Dounia & Sherif Nadar, Adeela Qureshi & Richard de Unger and Mitsubishi Corporation

For more information, please see the British Museum website

Details

Start:
17 April 2013 10:00 am
End:
13 October 2013 5:00 pm
Cost:
Free
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Venue

Mitsubishi Corporation Japanese Galleries (Rooms 92-94),, British Museum
London, WC1B 3DG United Kingdom