The Religious Tract Society
Anonymous (author):
Japan Opened, Compiled Chiefly From the Narrative of the American Expedition to Japan in the Years 1852-3-4, London, The Religious Tract Society, Reed and Pardon, printer, 1858, 10 woodcut black and white plates, 1 text illustration, 18mo (4 1/4 x 6 1/4 in), 299 pp. The stated purpose of the book is to make the government Narrative available to the public "in a cheap form." The first chapter (pages 1-45) of the book is background and not a summary of the Narrative. This chapter traces western contacts with Japan from Marco Polo at the close of the 13th century to the American contacts in the 1830s-40s leading up to the Perry Expedition. The balance of the book is an abridgement of the Narrative.

Title Page.   Click here.

Table of Contents. 
		       Pages
Preface		        v-viii

Chapter I	        1-45
The History of Japanese Intercourse with the Western Nations 

Chapter II	        46-84
Origin and Objects of the United State's Expedition.

Chapter III	        85-133
First Glimpses of Japan

Chapter IV	       134-158
Third Visit to Loo Choo

Chapter V	       159-198
Towns and Villages Along the Shores of the Bay

Chapter VI	       199-234
Excursion into the Country

Chapter VII	       235-269
Arrival at Hakodadi

Chapter VIII	       270-296

Netotiations Resumed with the Authorities of Hakodadi


Typical Woodcut Engraving Plate

Illustrations (Full Plate Woodcuts, Back Blank)

Delivery of the Presidents Letter	Frontispiece
Royal Barge and Boates			Opposite page 91
Japanese Farmyard			Opposite page 159
Buddhist Priest in Full Dress		Opposite page 172
Japanese Temple				Opposite page 183
Japanese Woman & Child			Opposite page 202
Interior of a Japanese Temple		Opposite page 218
Prefect and his Attendants		Opposite page 239
Japanese Kitchen in Dwelling-House	Opposite page 251
Spinning and Weaving		   	Opposite page 260

Text Illustration			on page 253

Charts of Western Contact with Japan    Click here.