An illustration of a popular Kabuki play produced circa 1825, which followed events from the Tales of the Heike. Source: Public Domain
An illustration of the Great Tenpo Famine, which was as clear a sign as any that the good times were over. Source: Public Domain
An illustration of a microscope in a Japanese book about Rangaku (Western Studies). Source: Public Domain
An illustration of Oshio Heihachiro’s Rebellion. Idealistic samurai and common rioters steal cannons and prepare to fight Osaka’s garrison. Source: Zolachao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
An illustration of a romanticized Oshio Heihachiro from 1874. Source: Public Domain
A more realistic portrait of Oshio Heihachiro. Source: Public Domain
A Japanese painting of the USS Morrison, a merchant vessel who sought trade with Japan in violation of sakoku policies and was subsequently fired upon in 1837. Source: Public Domain
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