Banquet to the Ambassadors of Japan, by Members of the Boston Board of Trade: Bill of Fare
Description:
This handsome hand-painted silk menu was printed for a farewell dinner honoring Japanese diplomats and technical advisors after a seven-month visit to the United States. Among the visitors were key figures in the Meiji Restoration of 1868 and the new imperial regime. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Oliver Wendell Holmes delivered speeches that evening. [Boston, 1872]
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