This
time, British Museum has acquired one of the rarely found 50 feet Japanese
Handscroll. However, before this, authorities have planned to ship the
handscroll from the city of London to the city of New York. In fact, the
Handscroll had certainly undergone for transatlantic sale at Antique
Dealers Show and Haughton Fine Art. The Handscroll is vividly illustrating the
historical visit of one of the American Commodores named Matthew C Perry, along
with his fleets to Japan in the year 1854. In the portrait, Matthew C Perry,
along with his fleet were signing for Kanagawa Convention, which opened at
Japan to facilitate foreign trade for first time during the two present centuries.
Japanese painters have kept
proper records of the landing of US fleet, entertainment of Perry and other
officials, presentation of railway model of United States and encounters of US
marines with sumo wrestlers. The extraordinary details of almost every scene
have revealed huge curiosity of Japanese towards the visitors of America and
other countries. Daniel Crouch in association with well-known Maggs Brothers
has exhibited the rare Japanese handscroll. Both of these rare-book dealers in
the city of London have bid with a huge asking rate of £555,000 or $890,000.
However, British Museum pounce the handscroll with a highly acceptable offer
before it has left out from the shores.
