Reviews for Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun

The average rating for Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-01-14 00:00:00 Mike Nowotny Despite being very short, it is informative and make you curious about further developments about this relationship among Japan and the West.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-01-23 00:00:00 Jacqueline Robinson After reading "Heart of a Samurai" by Margi Preus and "Shipwrecked" by Rhoda Blumberg, I was fascinated and wanted to know more about Manjiro and isolationist Japan in the mid-1800s. This book was in the recommended reading section of Shipwrecked, if I remember correctly. While it barely mentioned Manjiro, it did supply ample facts about policies, customs, and events surrounding Commodore Perry and the treaties and agreements eventually reached between Japan and the United States. It was a bit dry; for some reason I was expecting this to be told more in narrative form; instead, it was a bit textbooky. But having previously read a great narrative (Heart of a Samurai), my interest was already piqued so I did find this interesting. I especially liked that the appendix included the letter from President Millard Fillmore to the emperor as delivered by Perry, and the reply the Japanese wrote in return.