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Yevfimiy Putyatin
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Yevfimiy Vasilyevich Putyatin, also known as Euphimius Putiatin, was an admiral in the Imperial Russian Navy. His diplomatic mission to Japan resulted in the signing of the Treaty of Shimoda in 1855,
Admiral Yevfimiy Putyatin
Admiral Yevfimiy Putyatin
Putyatin in Nagasaki, 1853.
Putyatin in Nagasaki, 1853.
Pallada in Nagasaki, 1854 Japanese painting.
Pallada in Nagasaki, 1854 Japanese painting.
The sinking of Diana, Illustrated London News, 1856.
The sinking of Diana, Illustrated London News, 1856.
Tanaka Hisashige
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Hisashige Tanaka was a Japanese businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and rangaku scholar who was prominent during the Bakumatsu and early Meiji period in Japan. In 1875, he founded what became
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…Karl Nesselrode. During one of the shore visits, the Russian engineer Alexander Mozhaysky demonstrated a steam engine, which enabled Japanese inventor Tanaka Hisashige to reverse engineer the device to create the first Japanese steam locomotive. As negotiations were protracted by Japanese indecision and the distance…
Karakuri puppet, Yumi-Hiki Doji. Using mechanical power, a puppet shoots a target with a bow and arrow.
Karakuri puppet, Yumi-Hiki Doji. Using mechanical power, a puppet shoots a target with a bow and arrow.
Karakuri puppet, Moji-kaki doll. Using mechanical power, a puppet dips a brush into ink and writes a character on paper.
Karakuri puppet, Moji-kaki doll. Using mechanical power, a puppet dips a brush into ink and writes a character on paper.
Ta­naka Hi­sa­shi­ge's 1851 per­pet­ual clock, in the Na­tion­al Sci­ence Mu­se­um.
Ta­naka Hi­sa­shi­ge's 1851 per­pet­ual clock, in the Na­tion­al Sci­ence Mu­se­um.
Japan's first steam en­gine, ma­nu­fac­tured in 1853 by Ta­naka.
Japan's first steam en­gine, ma­nu­fac­tured in 1853 by Ta­naka.