Peter Bernhard Wilhelm Heine, better known as Wilhelm Heine was a German-American artist, world traveller and writer as well as an officer during the American Civil War.
Portrait of Wilhelm Heine from 1886
"Commodore Matthew C. Perry's visit of Kanagawa"
"Shimoda as seen from the American Grave Yard" looking towards the harbor (lithograph, 1856).
"Napha from Bamboo Village" looking towards the seashore (lithograph, 1856).
The Eulenburg expedition was a diplomatic mission conducted by Friedrich Albrecht zu Eulenburg on behalf of Prussia and the German Customs Union in 1859–1862. Its aim was to establish diplomatic and commercial relations with China, Japan and Siam.
SMS Arcona
Guesthouse for foreigners in Edo, built 1859 (marked on upper left). It was in close vicinity to Shogunate family cemetery in Zōjō-ji Temple (lower right).