'HMS Beagle' at Anchor in a Calm

Around 1860 Japan was in turmoil about whether or not the country should engage in trade with the West. In 1863 insurgents – advocates of an isolationist policy – fired on western ...

The board has wavy edge and convex, transverse stripes. Decor in green and gold of a stretcher with stylized plant ornaments and curved brushstrokes along the inner edge of the bra...