Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave" by Neil
MacGregor.
What is the purpose of the outside source used in this
excerpt?
Here's a snatch of the letter from the president of the
United States that Perry delivered to the Japanese
emperor:
Many of the large ships-of-war destined to visit Japan
have not yet arrived in these seas, and the
undersigned, as an evidence of his friendly intentions,
has brought but four of the smaller ones, designing,
should it become necessary, to return to Edo in the
ensuing spring with a much larger force.
to show how strongly the American president insisted
Japan participate in international trade
to show how the Japanese government isolated the
country from trade with other nations
to educate readers about traditional art in Japan
o to educate readers about American ships near Japan
But it is expected that the government of your
imperial majesty will render such return unnecessary,
by acceding at once to the very reasonable and pacific
overtures contained in the president's letter ...
This was textbook gunboat diplomacy, and it worked.
lananece racistance melted and very quickly the